inexpressiveness
- noun
- /ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsɪvnəs/
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inexpresividad
- The actor's inexpressiveness during the emotional scene left the audience feeling disconnected.
Examples
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"Jeremy! Jeremy! Come down to me!" He knelt by her side and laid one hand on her arm, conscious, as he made it, of the clumsiness and inexpressiveness of the gesture.
Blog text (27) -
His face had the quiet inexpressiveness in which his caste was trained.
Fiction book (2000) -
They favor inexpressiveness and schematism, tending toward mathematical formulas and graphs.
Academic text (1999) -
Of course, this speech about insignificance, or say inexpressiveness, is an expression of limitlessly painful melancholy; but again, that pain is not new to Macbeth, not caused by the news of his wife's death.
Academic text (1992) -
Her inexpressiveness made it hard for others to understand how she truly felt about the situation.
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Despite the sad news, he maintained an inexpressiveness that puzzled his friends.
Synonyms
1
8.8
A lack of emotion or visible reaction
1
8.5
A lack of visible feeling or reaction
1
4.4
A calm lack of emotion when people expect a strong reaction
No feeling shown on a person's face, voice, or actions
A lack of visible emotion
Not showing feeling or reaction to events
A state of showing little or no feeling
A lack of strong feeling or emotion when something happens
Antonyms
How Expressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexpressiveness = inexpressive (transparent) = in + express + ive + ness
Adding '-ness' to the adjective 'inexpressive' straightforwardly forms a noun meaning the quality or state of being inexpressive.
Etymology
Inexpressiveness is made of in- 'not' and express 'to show', so it means 'not showing feelings or meaning'.