Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or state of being impassive or insusceptible of suffering; insensibility.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an absence of emotion.
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- noun the state of being
impassive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
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Examples
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A country that prides itself on the innovation and entrepreneurship of its people seems so far removed from the ineffectiveness and impassiveness of its government.
Michael Bendetson: A Silenced Majority Michael Bendetson 2010
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I spotted a repressed smile behind his usual impassiveness.
Patrizia Chen: Eating 'City Lamb' in China Patrizia Chen 2010
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A country that prides itself on the innovation and entrepreneurship of its people seems so far removed from the ineffectiveness and impassiveness of its government.
Michael Bendetson: A Silenced Majority Michael Bendetson 2010
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A country that prides itself on the innovation and entrepreneurship of its people seems so far removed from the ineffectiveness and impassiveness of its government.
Michael Bendetson: A Silenced Majority Michael Bendetson 2010
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I spotted a repressed smile behind his usual impassiveness.
Patrizia Chen: Eating 'City Lamb' in China Patrizia Chen 2010
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A country that prides itself on the innovation and entrepreneurship of its people seems so far removed from the ineffectiveness and impassiveness of its government.
Michael Bendetson: A Silenced Majority Michael Bendetson 2010
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A country that prides itself on the innovation and entrepreneurship of its people seems so far removed from the ineffectiveness and impassiveness of its government.
Michael Bendetson: A Silenced Majority Michael Bendetson 2010
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A country that prides itself on the innovation and entrepreneurship of its people seems so far removed from the ineffectiveness and impassiveness of its government.
Michael Bendetson: A Silenced Majority Michael Bendetson 2010
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RP2 Chute looked on, his impassiveness masking his disdain for talk of angels.
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Gumption, pluckiness, and impassiveness were the qualities that helped my parents, part of the generation who lived through World War II, prevail.
In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010
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