Impassivity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being impassive. uncountable, usually

    "He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life."

  2. 2
    apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions wordnet

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adamantanesthesiaapathyataraxyautismboredom

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"His impassivity had been penetrated at last; it could no longer hide a nervousness and apprehension which kept his head perpetually pivoting in backward glances across his shoulder."

Etymology

From impassive + -ity.

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