impassivity








adjective

  1. without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
  2. calm; serene.
  3. unconscious; insensible.
  4. not subject to suffering.

adjective

  1. not revealing or affected by emotion; reserved
  2. calm; serene; imperturbable
  3. rare unconscious or insensible
n.

1794, from impassive + -ity.

adj.

1660s, “not feeling pain,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + passive. Meaning “void of emotions” is from 1690s. Related: Impassively; impassiveness (1640s).

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