Impassiveness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a.
     Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible;
     unmoved.
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           Impassive as the marble in the quarry.   --De Quincey.


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           On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope.
     -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  impassiveness \im*pas"sive*ness\ n.
     an absence of emotion.
  
     Syn: apathy, impassivity.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impassiveness
       n : apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
           [syn: {emotionlessness}, {impassivity}, {phlegm}, {indifference},
            {stolidity}, {unemotionality}]