Affectlessness

//ˈaˌfɛktləsnəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling. uncountable

    "That is, she has an amoral affectlessness, a serene indifference to the suffering of others, which she invites and dispassionately observes as tests of her power."

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"That is, she has an amoral affectlessness, a serene indifference to the suffering of others, which she invites and dispassionately observes as tests of her power."

Etymology

From affectless + -ness.

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