remoteness

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noun

The quality of being remote.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounremoteness (countable and uncountable, plural remotenesses)

plural remotenesses

  1. 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

nounthe property of being remote

Broader

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
APA

remoteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remoteness

MLA

“remoteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remoteness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remoteness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remoteness.

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