noun
Meaning 1
The property of being emotionless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
emotionlessness
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noun
Meaning 2
absence of emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unemotionality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: blandness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness, dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness, stoicism, stolidity, stolidness
noun
Meaning 3
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apathy
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English emotionless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English emotionlessness From emotionless + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Emotionslosigkeit — Translations
- Polish: beznamiętność — Translations
- Polish: bezuczuciowość — Translations