Impassivity

Impassivity
Impassivity Im`pas*siv"i*ty, n. The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness. [1913 Webster]

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  • impassivity — (n.) 1794, from IMPASSIVE (Cf. impassive) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

  • impassivity — impassivity, impassiveness apathy, stolidity, phlegm, stoicism (see under IMPASSIVE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • impassivity — impassive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not feeling or showing emotion. DERIVATIVES impassively adverb impassiveness noun impassivity noun …   English terms dictionary

  • impassivity — noun see impassive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • impassivity — See impassively. * * * …   Universalium

  • impassivity — noun the state of being impassive …   Wiktionary

  • impassivity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of emotion or interest: apathy, disinterest, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, insensibility, insensibleness, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, phlegm, stolidity, stolidness, unconcern, uninterest,… …   English dictionary for students

  • impassivity — n. apathy, indifference, lack of feeling; calmness; lack of sensitivity to pain …   English contemporary dictionary

  • impassivity — n 1. apathy, indifference, unconcern, dispassion, impassibility; insensitivity, imperturbability, nonchalance, casualness, stoicism, stolidity; reserve, reticence, silence; cold shoulder, coldness, coolness, iciness, frigidity. 2. calmness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • impassivity — im·passivity …   English syllables

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