remoteness.

1. Great distance or separation from other places, ordinary access or contact.

2. A lack of emotional involvement, familiarity or interpersonal closeness.

3. A very low degree of likelihood of an outcome or possibility.

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Words that belong together

• geographical remoteness
• remoteness of a settlement

On the page

Geographical remoteness made the settlement difficult to supply during the winter.

The building’s remoteness became apparent when the last reliable road ended.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / description. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: spatial orientation, setting description, material description, contrast. Disciplines: descriptive writing, physical setting, spatial analysis. Commonness: moderately common.