Distancer

Origin

distance + -er

Full definition of distancer

Noun

1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment
• Pursuers are more likely than distancers to seek help from a professional, such as a physician.
2. A means for establishing distance
• 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
• 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