IMPASSIVITY

emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality

(noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

impassivity (usually uncountable, plural impassivities)

The state of being impassive.

Source: Wiktionary


Im`pas*siv"i*ty, n.

Definition: The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States

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