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noun
The condition of being insensitive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: insensitiveness
Antonyms: sensitivity
Broader terms: inability, unfitness
Narrower terms: crassness, crassitude, tin ear, unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility, unperceptiveness, unkindness
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sensitivity English insensitivity From in- + sensitivity.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
