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noun
The state or quality of being without emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
absence of emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: emotionlessness
Antonyms: emotionality
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: blandness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness, dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness, stoicism, stolidity, stolidness
noun
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apathy
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English emotionality English unemotionality From un- + emotionality.
