insensibility

in·sen·si·ble

I0160900 (ĭn-sĕn′sə-bəl)adj.1. a. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.b. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.2. a. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.b. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.c. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.3. a. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.b. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsēnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-¹ + sēnsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]

in·sen′si·bil′i·ty, in·sen′si·ble·ness n.in·sen′si·bly adv.

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Noun	1.	insensibility - a lack of sensibilityunconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environmentaesthesia, esthesia, sensibility - mental responsiveness and awareness
	2.	insensibility - devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartednesscallousness, unfeelingness, callosity, hardnessinsensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environmentdullness - lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."

insensibility

nounLack of emotion or interest:apathy, disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, insensibleness, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, phlegm, stolidity, stolidness, unconcern, uninterest, unresponsiveness.

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noun lack of emotion or interest

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noun a lack of sensibility

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noun devoid of passion or feeling

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