aloofness

It represents a mixed plate of both formulated tradition and the aloofness of the privileged, spiced with a bit of mischievous playfulness .

Politicians and average people alike reproved Bush for his aloofness in the face of a tragedy of such a magnitude.

And yet there was an aloofness about him, a way he had of making her feel he had never been enslaved by his beauty.

This odd mix of intensity and aloofness, combined with his shoulder-length hair and scraggly beard, gave him the aura of a crazed shaman.

The Afghan Hound is an aristocrat, his whole appearance one of dignity and aloofness with no trace of plainness or coarseness.

He had an air of haughty aloofness.

In accordance to his attitude of aloofness , Mourinho has never showed any interest in embracing British style.

Too much calm can come across as aloofness and a person with no anxieties whatever risks becoming a person who simply doesn't care.

Her particularly persistent Louisiana suitor, Edward Summerville by name, was irritated by Nora's continued aloofness.

He posits it may come from aloofness, borne out of shyness.

Treat people with respect. Be anything but arrogant. Nothing turns people off quicker than arrogance and aloofness.

They interpret this body language as aloofness or conceit and stay away, making the shy person feel even more insecure.

Things occur between friends , like jealousy , aloofness , diffidation, are not fresh .

Rowson also believed that, the traditional news outlet is gives up vitally, the objective aloofness.

His stare is one of regal aloofness.

With maturity comes suspicion, and some aloofness toward strangers is perfectly acceptable and not a symptom of bad nerves.

In the final analysis, fear should not be an excuse for our refusal to learn and aloofness is not reason for us to avoid the renewal.

When you are alone it will sit by your side and whisper in your ear , when you are in the crowd it will fence you about with aloofness .

Moderate aloofness assures the authority of doctor but excess aloofness will lead to occupational apathy.

In order to elucidate reason, Chuang-tzu considered something as allegories, and demonstrated his aloofness.

That was how I escaped my father's aloofness, in my dead mother's books.

Detached implies aloofness resulting either from lack of active concern or from resistance to emotional involvement:

The Harm of Nursing Aloofness and Its Countermeasures

Aloofness and sternness: the metaphysical thoughts and poetry of Ji Kang

Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;