Meaning of INSENSIBILITY
| Pronunciation: | | in`sensu'bilitee
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- [n] devoid of passion or feeling
- [n] a lack of sensibility
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| | Synonyms: | | callousness, hardness, unfeelingness |
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| | Antonyms: | | sensibility | | |
| | See Also: | | insensitiveness, insensitivity, unconsciousness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
insensibilit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of
sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the
insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or
passion; dullness; stupidity.
Syn: Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor;
apathy; impassiveness; indifference.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, blindness, casualness, catatonic stupor, compulsion, crudity of intellect, deafness, dejection, depression, detachment, dim-sightedness, elation, emotionalism, euphoria, folie du doute, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, impassivity, imperceptiveness, impercipience, imprudence, inanimateness, inanimation, incognizance, incomprehension, indifference, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination, inertness, insensibleness, insensitivity, insentience, lack of feeling, lack of refinement, lethargy, lifelessness, mania, melancholia, mental distress, mindlessness, nearsightedness, nonrealization, nonrecognition, nonunderstanding, oblivion, obliviousness, obsession, pathological indecisiveness, phlegm, preoccupation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, purblindness, senselessness, shortsightedness, stoicism, stolidity, stupor, syncretism, tactlessness, tic, twitching, unapprehendingness, unawareness, unconsciousness, uncriticalness, undiscerningness, undiscriminatingness, undiscriminativeness, unfastidiousness, unfeelingness, unmeticulousness, unmindfulness, unparticularness, unperceptiveness, unpreciseness, unresponsiveness, unselectiveness, untactfulness, unwittingness, withdrawal |
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