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means The state of being distant or isolated, whether in physical location, emotional connection, or likelihood of happening.

from From 'remote,' borrowed from Latin remotus, the past participle of removere — 're-' (back, away) plus 'movere' (to move) — literally 'moved back' or 'moved away.' The '-ness' is the common Old English suffix that turns a quality into a noun. So remoteness is, at its linguistic root, simply the state of having-been-moved-away — a word built from the same stuff as 'removed,' which is why something remote always feels like it's been quietly taken off the map.