distancing

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distancing

  • /ˈdɪstənsɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of distance

noun distancings

  1. countable, uncountable The process of becoming or making distant. If you were apprehensive, you were in the good company of Dylan aficionados still grappling with the trickster mystique of the 66-year-old singer-songwriter who see the Pulitzer as another chapter in his complicated history with the establishment, an ongoing dance of distancings and détentes.
  2. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of social distancing distancing laws

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: length, outstrip, outdistance, space, aloofness, estrangement, alienating, alienation, rejection, departure, gap, rift, distantiation, elongation, divide, disattachment

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noun becoming or making distant

Españoldistanciamiento
Portuguêsdistanciamento
Françaisdistanciation

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@misc{distancing_2026,
  title = {distancing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/distancing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}