Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a.
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible;
unmoved.
[1913 Webster]
Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey.
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On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impassiveness \im*pas"sive*ness\ n.
an absence of emotion.
Syn: apathy, impassivity.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impassiveness
n : apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
[syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, phlegm, indifference,
stolidity, unemotionality]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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