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Definition of Hardheartedness
1. Noun. An absence of concern for the welfare of others.
Exact synonyms: Coldheartedness, Heartlessness
Generic synonyms: Unconcern
Specialized synonyms: Cruelty, Mercilessness, Pitilessness, Ruthlessness
Derivative terms: Coldhearted, Hardhearted, Hardhearted, Heartless
Generic synonyms: Unconcern
Specialized synonyms: Cruelty, Mercilessness, Pitilessness, Ruthlessness
Derivative terms: Coldhearted, Hardhearted, Hardhearted, Heartless
Definition of Hardheartedness
1. Noun. The state of being hardhearted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardheartedness
Literary usage of Hardheartedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Christian Science: A Treatise Upon Moral Philosophy and by William Adams (1857)
"hardheartedness.—Its natural punishments.—Sentimentalism a disease of the
Sympathy.—Rousseau.—Law of sympathy.—Moral conclusions from this arising. ..."
2. Adventures in Mongolia by James Gilmour (1886)
"... to death—The cage—Demeanour of the criminal —Tantalizing the sufferer—The '
Mirth of Hell'— Jeering of the crowd—Death—hardheartedness of the Chinese. ..."
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