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insensibility
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insensibility
n.
lack of physical sensation, state of being inanimate; insensitivity, coldness; stupidity, senselessness
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insensibility
Noun
1. a lack of sensibility
(antonym) sensibility
(hypernym) unconsciousness
2. devoid of passion or feeling
(synonym) unfeelingness, callousness, hardness
(hypernym) insensitivity, insensitiveness
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Insensibility
(n.)
Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.
Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.
(n.)
The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
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Synonyms and related words:
abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, blindness, casualness, catatonic stupor, compulsion, crudity of intellect, deafness, dejection, depression, detachment, dim-sightedness, elation, emotionalism, euphoria, folie du doute, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, impassivity, imperceptiveness, impercipience, imprudence, inanimateness, inanimation, incognizance, incomprehension, indifference, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination, inertness, insensibleness, insensitivity, insentience, lack of feeling, lack of refinement, lethargy, lifelessness, mania, melancholia, mental distress, mindlessness, nearsightedness, nonrealization, nonrecognition, nonunderstanding, oblivion, obliviousness, obsession, pathological indecisiveness, phlegm, preoccupation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, purblindness, senselessness, shortsightedness, stoicism, stolidity, stupor, syncretism, tactlessness, tic, twitching, unapprehendingness, unawareness, unconsciousness, uncriticalness, undiscerningness, undiscriminatingness, undiscriminativeness, unfastidiousness, unfeelingness, unmeticulousness, unmindfulness, unparticularness, unperceptiveness, unpreciseness, unresponsiveness, unselectiveness, untactfulness, unwittingness, withdrawal
abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, blindness, casualness, catatonic stupor, compulsion, crudity of intellect, deafness, dejection, depression, detachment, dim-sightedness, elation, emotionalism, euphoria, folie du doute, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, impassivity, imperceptiveness, impercipience, imprudence, inanimateness, inanimation, incognizance, incomprehension, indifference, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination, inertness, insensibleness, insensitivity, insentience, lack of feeling, lack of refinement, lethargy, lifelessness, mania, melancholia, mental distress, mindlessness, nearsightedness, nonrealization, nonrecognition, nonunderstanding, oblivion, obliviousness, obsession, pathological indecisiveness, phlegm, preoccupation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, purblindness, senselessness, shortsightedness, stoicism, stolidity, stupor, syncretism, tactlessness, tic, twitching, unapprehendingness, unawareness, unconsciousness, uncriticalness, undiscerningness, undiscriminatingness, undiscriminativeness, unfastidiousness, unfeelingness, unmeticulousness, unmindfulness, unparticularness, unperceptiveness, unpreciseness, unresponsiveness, unselectiveness, untactfulness, unwittingness, withdrawal
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