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WITHDRAWNNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does withdrawnness mean?
• WITHDRAWNNESS (noun)
The noun WITHDRAWNNESS has 1 sense:
1. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
Familiarity information: WITHDRAWNNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
aloofness; remoteness; standoffishness; withdrawnness
Hypernyms ("withdrawnness" is a kind of...):
unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withdrawnness"):
unapproachability (a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible)
Derivation:
withdrawn (tending to reserve or introspection)
withdrawn (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude)
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