noun
Meaning 1
Quality of being insensitive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insensitiveness
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noun
Meaning 2
the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insensitivity
Antonyms: sensitiveness
Broader terms: inability, unfitness
Narrower terms: crassness, crassitude, tin ear, unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility, unperceptiveness, unkindness
History
Etymology
From insensitive + -ness.
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Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: bezduszność — Translations