impassivity
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪm.pæsˈɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌɪm.pæsˈɪv.ə.t̬i/thequalityof notexpressingemotionor of notreactingto asituation:
神情冷漠，木然He is abookishman ofextremeimpassivity.他是一个深情极度冷漠的书呆子。
Their mother'sexpressionchangedfrom impassivity toquietsatisfaction.他们母亲的表情从无动于衷变成了平静的满意。
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- Cool impassivity hadservedher well in the past.
- His impassivity made itdifficulttodeterminehisstateofmind.
- Ourrequestsforaidweremetwithbureaucraticimpassivity.
Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- anti-sentimental
- belie
- bite
- biteyourlipidiom
- bloodless
- hard-bitten
- icily
- impassive
- impassively
- impenitent
- internalize
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoically
- unsentimental
- woodenly