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Definitions
a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
Word origin
From standoffish + -ness.
Used in a sentence
“Many of the seemingly bizarre courtship practices of English males—the cautiousness, reserve and apparent stand-offishness that foreign females complain about—are characteristic features of ‘negative politeness’.”
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