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COLDHEARTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coldheartedness mean?
• COLDHEARTEDNESS (noun)
The noun COLDHEARTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. an absence of concern for the welfare of others
Familiarity information: COLDHEARTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An absence of concern for the welfare of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
coldheartedness; hardheartedness; heartlessness
Hypernyms ("coldheartedness" is a kind of...):
unconcern (a feeling of lack of concern)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coldheartedness"):
cruelty; mercilessness; pitilessness; ruthlessness (feelings of extreme heartlessness)
Derivation:
coldhearted (lacking in sympathy or feeling)
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