insensibility
noun /ɪnˌsensəˈbɪləti/
/ɪnˌsensəˈbɪləti/
[uncountable]- (formal) the state of being unconscious
- He was found lying in a state of drugged insensibility.
- insensibility (to something) the fact of not being able to react to a particular thing
- insensibility to pain
Word Originlate Middle English: partly from Old French insensibilite or late Latin insensibilitas (from in- ‘not’ + Latin sensibilis ‘sensible’, from sensus ‘sense’), partly from in- ‘without’ + sensibility.