In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NUMBNESS
apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
(noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
numbness
(noun) partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.
Synonyms
• (medical): hypoesthesia
Source: Wiktionary
Numb"ness, n.
Definition: The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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