distancer

English

Etymology

distance +‎ -er

Noun

distancer (plural distancers)

1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment
   • 1990, Susan H. McDaniel et al., Family-Oriented Primary Care^[1], ISBN 0387970568, page 171:

     Pursuers are more likely than distancers to seek help from a professional, such as a physician.

2. A means for establishing distance
   • 2008 December 14, Ben Ratliff, “Critic's Choice: New CDs”:

     The band’s third album, “When the World Comes Down,” isn’t striking obscure poses, inventing slang or playing with the audience through distancers like tension and distortion.

3. (dated) A long-distance runner
   • 1921 August 22, “Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race”, page 16:

     Phillips was one of a field of a dozen distancers who started in the twomile handicap run which featured the games of the Friend's of Irish Freedom at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn.

Coordinate terms

• (emotionally distant person): pursuer

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Danish

Noun

distancer c

1. plural indefinite of distance

Verb

distancer or distancér

1. imperative of distancere

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French

Etymology

From English distance

Verb

distancer (transitive)

1. To distance or outdistance

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

   Conjugation of distancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		distancer			avoir distancé
gerund		en distançant			en ayant distancé
present participle		distançant
past participle		distancé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	distance	distances	distance	distançons	distancez	distancent
	imperfect	distançais	distançais	distançait	distancions	distanciez	distançaient
	past historic1	distançai	distanças	distança	distançâmes	distançâtes	distancèrent
	future	distancerai	distanceras	distancera	distancerons	distancerez	distanceront
	conditional	distancerais	distancerais	distancerait	distancerions	distanceriez	distanceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	distance	distances	distance	distancions	distanciez	distancent
	imperfect1	distançasse	distançasses	distançât	distançassions	distançassiez	distançassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	distance	—	distançons	distancez	—
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