distantiate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
distantiate /dɪˈstanʃɪeɪt/
verb set or keep at a distance emotionally or intellectually.
– derivatives
distantiation noun.
– origin 1940s: based on L. distantia ‘distance’.
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