Definitions
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- noun The state or quality of being
distant orremote .
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Examples
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For the kid to want Daddy's approval it must respect Daddy, and being garbage, Daddy can make sure that he is respected only by remaining aloof, by distantness, by acting on the precept of ` familiarity breeds contempt ', which is, of course, true, if one is contemptible.
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Stories that made his eyes shine, then fade into a distantness.
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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"Whenever attention in the West turns to the distantness of the end to the Afghan war, pressure is publicly ratcheted up on Pakistan to 'do more.'"
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010
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"Whenever attention in the West turns to the distantness of the end to the Afghan war, pressure is publicly ratcheted up on Pakistan to 'do more.'"
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"Whenever attention in the West turns to the distantness of the end to the Afghan war, pressure is publicly ratcheted up on Pakistan to 'do more.'"
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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"Whenever attention in the West turns to the distantness of the end to the Afghan war, pressure is publicly ratcheted up on Pakistan to 'do more.'"
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"Whenever attention in the West turns to the distantness of the end to the Afghan war, pressure is publicly ratcheted up on Pakistan to 'do more.'"
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Here's "fission":i cannot choose your touching any more the touchings we have left are without truth moments off-guard - what are we touching for you gave me up and now i give up too instead i rather choose your distantness while still your distantness will seek me out as an exchange please take my distantness you've yielded me i too am yielding now i opt for your regard whatever cold forgiving aspects your regard may show you too want my regard for after all you've let me go and now i too let go there's no lovelier split no easier one give up while i too still am giving upOh, and there's an "Online Dictionary" search box on the upper right that gives quite impressive results.
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We’ve thrown off that distantness and aloofness and aloneness: we live and die as one.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » You Guys Are Losers Because You Are Not Paying For My Stuff 2009
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