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remoteness

remoteness

3 4.8
Being far away in place, time, or connection
  • noun
  • /rɪˈmoʊtnəs/
translation icon : remotitud
  • The remoteness of the village meant that it took hours to reach the nearest town.
  • geographical remoteness
  • geographic remoteness
  • remoteness from the center

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Examples

  • On the other hand, their very size and frequent remoteness make such inventory work resource demanding.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The process of self-education and political organization is slow, owing to remoteness and limitations on freedom to engage in political activities.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The extreme remoteness of the communities served added to the challenges presented by the diversity of the program.

    Academic text (1993)
  • It seemed ideal because of its remoteness.

  • Improved transport and technology have broken down the remoteness of the outback, and with it, a lot of our fear.

    Blog text (34)
  • One insightful reason could be the lack of oversight and vast remoteness of the land.

    Blog text (14)
  • Words are almost inadequate to describe the remoteness of the coastal region or the isolation of coastal villages.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Many of the factors that affect population health are unevenly distributed across areas of geographic remoteness.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Because of its aridity and relative remoteness, the region was incapable of carrying any large population.

    Academic text (2005)
  • And nowhere else in the park offers the same rugged terrain and remoteness as the Mirror Plateau.

    Blog text (12)

Synonyms

farness
vsremoteness
8.4

The distance between people and places, physical or emotional

specifies distance in space, time, or relation
farawayness
vsremoteness
9.5

A feeling of being far from people or places

includes distance across space, time, and interpersonal relation

Antonyms

112 4.2

Nearness in space, time, or relationship

How Far

isolation
172 3.7
remoteness
3 4.8
distance
86 2.9
closeness
4 2.3

Surface Forms

remoteness singular
remotenesses plural

Morphology

remoteness = remote (transparent) = remote + ness

Standard nominalization of 'remote' (physically distant) with '-ness', yielding the state or quality of being remote.

Etymology

Remoteness comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' and move meaning 'to move', like in remote and remove. So remoteness is the idea of being 'moved back' or far away in space, time, or relation.