distancer

From distance (verb) +‎ -er.

distancer (plural distancers)

1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment.

   Coordinate term: pursuer

   • 1990, Susan H. McDaniel et al., Family-Oriented Primary Care‎^[1], →ISBN, page 171:

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

2. A means for establishing physical or emotional distance.
   • 2008 December 14, Ben Ratliff, “Critic's Choice: New CDs”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     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.

From distance (noun) +‎ -er.

distancer (plural distancers)

1. (dated) A long-distance runner.

   Synonym: long distancer

   • 1921 August 22, “Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race”, in The New York Times‎^[3], 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.

• dicentras, rancidest

distancer c

1. indefinite plural of distance

distancer or distancér

1. imperative of distancere

Borrowed from English distance +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /dis.tɑ̃.se/

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distancer

1. (transitive) to distance, outdistance

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

• “distancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.