standoffishness

IPA: stˈændɔfɪʃnʌs

The state, quality, or condition of being standoffish or aloof and unsociable; aloofness.

Examples of "standoffishness" in Sentences

That standoffishness is what gives structure to everything we see in the universe.
As the fall elections approach, however, that standoffishness is melting into something else: a resigned embrace.
Our standoffishness becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy: The less we do to aid the protestors, the less influence we have.
New York "standoffishness" isn't impoliteness - it's actually people being polite and recongnizing everone else's bubbles of privacy.
Or, my hunch, maybe the center, some of whose members have expressed a certain antipathy or standoffishness toward the tea party, simply doesn't care that it feels a certain antipathy or standoffishness.