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 

• WITHDRAWNNESS (noun)

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withdrawn (tending to reserve or introspection)

withdrawn (withdrawn from society; seeking solitude)