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Definition of Impassiveness
1. Noun. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
Generic synonyms: Apathy
Derivative terms: Emotionless, Impassive, Impassive, Impassive, Phlegmatic, Phlegmatical, Stolid
Definition of Impassiveness
1. Noun. the state of being impassive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impassiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impassiveness
| impastation impastations impaste impasted impastes impasting impasto impastoed impastos impasture | impastured |
Literary usage of Impassiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lost Cause Regained by Edward Alfred Pollard (1868)
"He will be struck by the popular impassiveness in which the Impeachment was
commenced; but he will find that sue! impassiveness ensued from ignorance and ..."
2. History of the Problems of Philosophy by Paul Janet, Gabriel Séailles (1902)
"... like the Stoic, practises (impassiveness). Neo-Platonism : The Soul only
participates indirectly in Pleasure and Passion. In the Neo-Platonic school, ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1884)
"... Genevieve was certain that Diana Richmond's impassiveness in the matter was
a conscious and deliberate impassiveness. " Miss Richmond knows it all," she ..."
4. The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy by Friedrich Max Müller (1899)
"... of the lower impassiveness (Apara-vairagya) to liberation ; while the knowledge of
... is absolute knowledge, and leads by means of higher impassiveness ..."
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