† unsensiblenessn.
Obsolete.
Insensibility.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [noun]
unsensibleness?1555
headlesshood1579
senselessness1580
vacuity1593
incomprehension1605
insensibleness1610
unintelligiblenessa1631
insensateness1646
mindlessness1646
inapprehensiveness1652
unapprehensiveness1669
non-intelligencea1674
unperceivingnessa1688
inapprehension1745
inconception1761
brainlessness1832
vacancy1841
uncomprehension1862
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion
dryheada1300
lethargyc1380
drynessc1450
dumping1542
unsensibility1551
insensibleness?1555
unsensibleness?1555
stupidity1568
stolidity1570
stupor1570
dumpishness1574
senselessness1577
innaturality1579
astoniedness1580
impassibility1603
stupefaction1603
torpor1607
deadness1611
unsufferance1611
hebetude1621
nonsense1621
drought1622
hebetation1623
obstupefaction1625
unanswerableness1626
tastelessnessa1631
insensateness1646
impassiveness1648
obtuseness1648
barrenness1655
torpulency1657
sterility1661
spiritlessness1669
unspiritedness1669
unaffectedness1678
insensibility1691
stolidness1727
apathy1742
impenetrableness1747
unfeelingness1766
impassivity1794
unfeeling1805
soullessness1811
incommobility1822
obtusity1823
unimpressibleness1830
hardhead1836
stockishness1837
insensitiveness1838
impenetrability1847
unreceptivity1849
unsusceptibility1850
woodenness1854
unimpressionability1862
irresponsiveness1864
unresponsiveness1869
impassibleness1874
irreceptivity1881
unimpressibility1889
apatheia1893
inemotivity1894
affectlessness1921
insensitivity1957
?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xxxvii. 139 That is a verye blockishe vnsensiblenes of wylde madde barbarous people.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxviii. 5) Through stubbornnesse [they] harden themselues vntoo vnsensiblenesse.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii I commend not that vnsensiblenesse, which is neither possible nor to be desired.
1676 I. Mather Hist. King Philip's War (1862) 94 Our great unsensibleness of the Displeasure of the Lord, in suffering these abominations to be perpetuated.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Indolency Unsensibleness of Pain or Grief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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n.?1555- authoritative
- authoritatively
- authoritativeness
- authoritativenesses
- authorities
- authority
- authority figure
- authority-hating
- authority-loving
- authority-maker
- authorityhating
- authorityloving
- authoritymaker
- authorizable
- authorization
- authorization bill
- authorization code
- authorization form
- authorizations
- authorize
- authorized
- authorized capital
- authorized firearms officer
- authorized version
- authorizement