emotionlessness

Examples

• All

• Season offers a different angle: emotional detachment is a source of pleasure and enjoyment, as emotionlessness allows Mustafa Sa'eed to interact with the fiction of the West.

  Academic text (2018)

• Mustafa Sa'eed is attracted to England because it accommodates his emotionlessness, helping him attain a pleasurable and satisfying aesthetic experience.

  Academic text (2018)

• England attracts him for what he stands for and what he is made of: emotionlessness.

  Academic text (2018)

• The receiving culture is nurturing of emotionlessness.

  Academic text (2018)

• England's receptiveness to his emotionlessness results in a pleasurable, aesthetic, and gratifying experience as this receptiveness turns England into a fictional space.

  Academic text (2018)

• In the process of pursuing accommodation for these attributes or urges (emotionlessness and wanderlust), Mustafa Sa'eed finds himself drawn to England.

  Academic text (2018)

• Mustafa Sa'eed's emotionlessness, however, prevents him from sustaining strong ties with people, thereby also encouraging him to cultivate a nomadic, homeless lifestyle.

  Academic text (2018)

• His emotionlessness during the funeral surprised everyone who knew how much he cared.

• The robot's design was intended to evoke emotionlessness, making it appear cold and unfeeling.

• She struggled with her emotionlessness, feeling disconnected from her friends and family.

Synonyms

A

apathy

vsemotionlessness

43 6.2

A lack of interest or care about things

is absence of feeling itself rather than lack of interest

S

soullessness

vsemotionlessness

1 7.7

A feeling of cold emptiness and lack of human warmth

is a neutral lack of feelings, not a harsh moral judgment

I

impassivity

vsemotionlessness

1 8.8

A lack of emotion or visible reaction

is broader absence of feelings, not only lack of reaction

B

blandness

vsemotionlessness

1 4.4

A calm lack of emotion when people expect a strong reaction

is a broad lack of feelings, not only contextually awkward calm

E

expressionlessness

vsemotionlessness

7.4

No feeling shown on a person's face, voice, or actions

is the general absence of feelings, not only outward display

I

impassiveness

vsemotionlessness

7.9

A lack of visible emotion

is the plain lack of feelings rather than a calm stance

I

impassibility

vsemotionlessness

9.5

Not showing feeling or reaction to events

is neutral absence of feeling rather than controlled calmness

U

unemotionality

vsemotionlessness

8.3

A state of showing little or no feeling

is total lack of feelings rather than only reduced response

I

inexpressiveness

vsemotionlessness

7.8

Not showing feelings or emotion

is a general lack of feelings, not only poor expression

S

stolidity

vsemotionlessness

9.9

A lack of strong feeling or emotion when something happens

is a more neutral absence than mild reserve or dullness

A

apatheia

vsemotionlessness

9.9

A calm lack of interest or strong feeling in everyday life

is simpler absence of feelings, not necessarily philosophical calm

Antonyms

E

emotion

∞ 1.6

A strong feeling such as love or anger

E

expressiveness

2 4.1

The ability to show feelings or ideas clearly in words, art and movement

How Emotional

intensity

163 3.6

emotionality

2 6.7

composure

38 5.1

emotionlessness

1 8.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology