unemotionality
- noun
- /ˌʌnɪˈmoʊʃənəlɪti/
- Despite the chaos, she handled the crisis with complete unemotionality.
Examples
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People sometimes mistake unemotionality for indifference, but it can simply mean self-control.
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His unemotionality made it hard for others to understand what he was feeling.
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Her unemotionality surprised everyone.
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The unemotionality he showed was unsettling.
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His unemotionality during the meeting led many to believe he was uninterested in the project.
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She demonstrated remarkable unemotionality while discussing the difficult news.
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Despite the news, his unemotionality helped him maintain a clear focus on the tasks ahead.
Synonyms
A lack of interest or care about things
A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly
A lack of emotion or visible reaction
A lack of visible feeling or reaction
Not reacting to people or events, often without emotion
A calm lack of emotion when people expect a strong reaction
A lack of visible emotion
Not showing feeling or reaction to events
A lack of strong feeling or emotion when something happens
No feeling shown on a person's face, voice, or actions
Not showing feelings or emotion
A calm lack of interest or strong feeling in everyday life
Antonyms
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
unemotionality = unemotional (transparent) = un + emotion + al + ity
Formation by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the clearly negative adjective 'unemotional' is a regular, predictable process.
Etymology
The word unemotionality is made from un- ('not'), emotion ('a strong feeling') and -ity ('a state'). So, unemotionality is the state of 'not showing feeling', a bit like a calm sea with no waves while a storm goes on around it.