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Definition of remoteness in English: remotenessnoun rɪˈməʊtnəsrəˈmoʊtnəs mass noun1The state of being distant from something else, in particular from the main centres of population. the remoteness of the location hindered development Example sentencesExamples - Despite this link to the mainland, the island's tranquility and remoteness are totally preserved.
- Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace.
- What strikes the traveller is the Taiga's utter remoteness.
- The stunning cinematography captures the beauty and remoteness of this mountain retreat.
- Join us to experience the wilderness, wildlife, and remoteness of the High Arctic.
- Moreover, the region's remoteness kept access to outside markets costly.
- Due to the remoteness of Siula Grande, there would be no way to arrange a rescue.
- The cries of circling gulls add to the eerie sense of remoteness.
- Given its remoteness from urban distractions, the Burren College of Art needs a high level of maturity in students.
- He said most rental cars do not last for a long time given the remoteness of some of the places the tourists take them.
2Lack of connection with or relationship to something. the remoteness of politics from everyday life Example sentencesExamples - The atmosphere is complimented by the superb production design - a sleek, minimalist vision that accentuates the feeling of alienation, displacement and remoteness in this Kubrickian near-future.
- She wrote: "To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to reexperience the unreality and remoteness of the real".
- The curators have taken away some of the remoteness of medieval art by showing their objects thematically.
- The art installation suggests the continuity and fragility of Mediterranean civilization, reminding us of the simultaneous remoteness and seamlessness of the past.
- The dancers are succeeded by a second threesome and then a third, all perpetuating the atmosphere of remoteness and nonengagement.
- The emptiness of their canvases "proclaimed their remoteness from consumer culture and the world of things".
- My poetry rejects all excessive remoteness from reality and takes pleasure in bringing things and men closer in an effort to achieve universal coherence and harmony.
- In this semi-autobiography, Simon experiences the remoteness and instability of growing up on a reservation.
- Yet the remoteness of Finland from Putinist Russia is neither geographic nor strategic.
- The market is also somewhere for farmers to network and to dispel feelings of remoteness that they may be experiencing whilst living with their families often in isolated areas.
3The state of being unlikely to occur. the remoteness of a solution Example sentencesExamples - To address this problem of perceived remoteness of risk, the study emphasized the more immediate effects of unprotected sun exposure: wrinkled, sagging, dry skin.
- The difficulty of such an approach, the remoteness of its potential use, and its probable cost should be considered.
- It is probably the very remoteness of a solution as well as the decline in terrorist attacks of the past few years that have allowed this movement to coalesce.
- Problems of remoteness may arise where the risk he contemplates is highly improbable.
- Despite its remoteness, this risk is untenable.
- There is a wider, non-legal sensibility through which people identify injury by adhering to physical symptoms, to familiar relationships, to the remoteness or proximity of harm.
- There are no specific provisions in the Animals Act 1971 dealing with the question of remoteness of damage.
- The seriousness of the wrongdoing involved in such offences must be assessed by reference to the interests affected, the remoteness of the harm from the conduct, and culpability.
- The degree of probability of the risk materialising and not remoteness was extremely high.
- Those saddened by the remoteness of peace in South Asia or the Middle East may be helped by a fourth Hindu concept, that of action without a focus on its fruits.
4The quality of being aloof and unfriendly. his diffidence could sometimes be misread as remoteness Example sentencesExamples - He takes every opportunity to highlight the negative aspects of city life and comment on the remoteness of urban dwellers.
- The plane is a metaphor for his remoteness, his aloneness, his posture as an observer, an outsider.
- Many a woman has experienced a lover's ardor giving way to chilling remoteness once she has given herself to him sexually.
- Her brother's increasing remoteness is the result of learned behavior and thought in white America.
- He detects her unhappiness and remoteness and intuits that all is not well at home.
- The entire movie consists of the pair trying to connect, with Christine's skewed vision of the world getting in the way as much as Richard's remoteness.
- He had a certain remoteness, even pomposity.
- Slowly she becomes aware of his apathy and remoteness regarding their family.
- She remembered a remoteness in her stepfather; she saw in him the figure of a man conflicted about involving himself emotionally in the activities of his children.
- If absence and remoteness do not destroy friendship, they attenuate or exhaust it, they enervate it.
Definition of remoteness in US English: remotenessnounrəˈmoʊtnəsrəˈmōtnəs 1The state of being distant from something else, in particular from the main centers of population. the remoteness of the location hindered development Example sentencesExamples - Due to the remoteness of Siula Grande, there would be no way to arrange a rescue.
- Moreover, the region's remoteness kept access to outside markets costly.
- Despite this link to the mainland, the island's tranquility and remoteness are totally preserved.
- Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace.
- The cries of circling gulls add to the eerie sense of remoteness.
- Given its remoteness from urban distractions, the Burren College of Art needs a high level of maturity in students.
- He said most rental cars do not last for a long time given the remoteness of some of the places the tourists take them.
- What strikes the traveller is the Taiga's utter remoteness.
- The stunning cinematography captures the beauty and remoteness of this mountain retreat.
- Join us to experience the wilderness, wildlife, and remoteness of the High Arctic.
2Lack of connection with or relationship to something. the remoteness of politics from everyday life Example sentencesExamples - The emptiness of their canvases "proclaimed their remoteness from consumer culture and the world of things".
- The atmosphere is complimented by the superb production design - a sleek, minimalist vision that accentuates the feeling of alienation, displacement and remoteness in this Kubrickian near-future.
- The dancers are succeeded by a second threesome and then a third, all perpetuating the atmosphere of remoteness and nonengagement.
- She wrote: "To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to reexperience the unreality and remoteness of the real".
- The art installation suggests the continuity and fragility of Mediterranean civilization, reminding us of the simultaneous remoteness and seamlessness of the past.
- My poetry rejects all excessive remoteness from reality and takes pleasure in bringing things and men closer in an effort to achieve universal coherence and harmony.
- In this semi-autobiography, Simon experiences the remoteness and instability of growing up on a reservation.
- Yet the remoteness of Finland from Putinist Russia is neither geographic nor strategic.
- The curators have taken away some of the remoteness of medieval art by showing their objects thematically.
- The market is also somewhere for farmers to network and to dispel feelings of remoteness that they may be experiencing whilst living with their families often in isolated areas.
3The state of being unlikely to occur. the remoteness of a solution Example sentencesExamples - The difficulty of such an approach, the remoteness of its potential use, and its probable cost should be considered.
- Problems of remoteness may arise where the risk he contemplates is highly improbable.
- Despite its remoteness, this risk is untenable.
- There are no specific provisions in the Animals Act 1971 dealing with the question of remoteness of damage.
- To address this problem of perceived remoteness of risk, the study emphasized the more immediate effects of unprotected sun exposure: wrinkled, sagging, dry skin.
- The seriousness of the wrongdoing involved in such offences must be assessed by reference to the interests affected, the remoteness of the harm from the conduct, and culpability.
- Those saddened by the remoteness of peace in South Asia or the Middle East may be helped by a fourth Hindu concept, that of action without a focus on its fruits.
- It is probably the very remoteness of a solution as well as the decline in terrorist attacks of the past few years that have allowed this movement to coalesce.
- The degree of probability of the risk materialising and not remoteness was extremely high.
- There is a wider, non-legal sensibility through which people identify injury by adhering to physical symptoms, to familiar relationships, to the remoteness or proximity of harm.
4The quality of being aloof and unfriendly. his diffidence could sometimes be misread as remoteness Example sentencesExamples - Slowly she becomes aware of his apathy and remoteness regarding their family.
- He takes every opportunity to highlight the negative aspects of city life and comment on the remoteness of urban dwellers.
- She remembered a remoteness in her stepfather; she saw in him the figure of a man conflicted about involving himself emotionally in the activities of his children.
- Many a woman has experienced a lover's ardor giving way to chilling remoteness once she has given herself to him sexually.
- Her brother's increasing remoteness is the result of learned behavior and thought in white America.
- The plane is a metaphor for his remoteness, his aloneness, his posture as an observer, an outsider.
- He detects her unhappiness and remoteness and intuits that all is not well at home.
- The entire movie consists of the pair trying to connect, with Christine's skewed vision of the world getting in the way as much as Richard's remoteness.
- He had a certain remoteness, even pomposity.
- If absence and remoteness do not destroy friendship, they attenuate or exhaust it, they enervate it.
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