Meanings
plural remotenesses
- countableuncountableThe quality of being remote.
Then again there was a period of what is sometimes called Euhemerism - the theory that the gods and goddesses had actually once been men and women, historical characters round whom a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian отдалеченост, усамотеност
- отдалеченост (otdalečenost)quality of being remote
- усамотеност (usamotenost)quality of being remote
Estonian kaugus
- kaugusquality of being remote
Finnish syrjäisyys
- syrjäisyysquality of being remote
French éloignement
- éloignementquality of being remote
German Abgelegenheit
- Abgelegenheitquality of being remote
Hindi दूरी
- दूरी (dūrī)quality of being remote
Irish ciandacht, iargúltacht
- ciandachtquality of being remote
- iargúltachtquality of being remote
Latin longinquitās, distantia
- longinquitāsquality of being remote
- distantiaquality of being remote
Persian دوری
- دوری (duri)quality of being remote
Polish oddalenie
- oddaleniequality of being remote
Portuguese longinquidade
- longinquidadequality of being remote
Russian да́льность, удалённость
- да́льность (dálʹnostʹ)quality of being remote
- удалённость (udaljónnostʹ)quality of being remote
- отдалённость (otdaljónnostʹ)quality of being remote
Scottish Gaelic cian
- cianquality of being remote
Spanish lejanía
- lejaníaquality of being remote
Swedish avlägsenhet
- avlägsenhetquality of being remote
Ukrainian відда́леність
- відда́леність (viddálenistʹ)quality of being remote
Urdu دوری
- دوری (dūrī)quality of being remote
Welsh pellter, pellenigrwydd
- pellterquality of being remote
- pellenigrwyddquality of being remote
Cite this entry
remoteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remoteness
“remoteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remoteness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remoteness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remoteness.
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