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IMPASSIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impassivity mean? 

IMPASSIVITY (noun)
  The noun IMPASSIVITY has 1 sense:

1. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactionsplay

  Familiarity information: IMPASSIVITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPASSIVITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

emotionlessness; impassiveness; impassivity; indifference; phlegm; stolidity; unemotionality

Hypernyms ("impassivity" is a kind of...):

apathy (an absence of emotion or enthusiasm)

Derivation:

impassive (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited)


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