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nonemotional

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /nɒnɪˈməʊʃənəl/
  • General-American: /nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/
  • rhymes with -əʊʃənəl

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adj

Meaning 1

Not emotional; unrelated to emotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emotionless, unemotional, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dead inside, dispassionate, immovable, impassible, impassive, insensible, nonemotional, nonfeeling, nonpassionate, nonsentimental, stolid, unfeeling, unmovable, unpassionate, unsentimental

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- 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 English -al English emotional English nonemotional From non- + emotional.