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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 reactions
Familiarity information: IMPASSIVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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