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Impassive

//ɪmˈpæsɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having, or revealing, no emotion.

    "It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner."

  2. 2
    Still or motionless.
Adjective
  1. 1
    deliberately impassive in manner wordnet
  2. 2
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited wordnet

Etymology

From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).

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