insensibility

insensibility
n
1. unconsciousness, insentience, insensitiveness, insensitivity; coma, stupor, narcosis, anesthetization, hypnosis.
2. imperviousness, hardness, callousness, toughness, cold-bloodedness, ruthlessness; apathy, coolness, pas-sionlessness, emotionlessness, impassibility, impassibleness; inattentiveness, absent-mindedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance; disregard, half-heartedness, indifference; dullness, lethargy, languidness, sluggishness; phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness; heaviness, leadenness, torpidity

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  • insensibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of physical or emotional feeling Nouns 1. (physical numbness) insensibility, insensibleness; impassibility, impassibleness, impassivity; inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • insensibility — insensible ► ADJECTIVE 1) without one s mental faculties; unconscious. 2) numb; without feeling. 3) (insensible of/to) unaware of; indifferent to. 4) too small or gradual to be perceived. DERIVATIVES insensibly adverb insensibility …   English terms dictionary

  • insensibility — noun see insensible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • insensibility — noun The property of being insensible …   Wiktionary

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