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affectless, a.|əˈfɛktlɪs|
[f. affect n. + -less.]
Characterized by lack of feeling, emotionless, cold.
1947,1958[implied at affectlessness]. 1964Listener 23 July 133/1 Far more of the horrors of our age have been caused by affectless persons than by sadists. 1967G. Legman Fake Revolt 23 Affectless persons deny..that..anything can touch them. 1975New Yorker 26 May 18/2 Malick appears to be saying that mass-culture banality is killing our souls and making everybody affectless. 1978P. Roth Professor of Desire 72, I am so affectless and withdrawn that a rumor among the junior faculty members has me ‘under sedation’. 1984Washington Post 10 June (Bk. World) 12 Even that audience..may be dismayed by Donaldson's droning, affectless delivery. |