Impassivity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Impassivity is a noun meaning The state of being impassive.
Meaning
The state of being impassive.
Example Sentences
[T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life.
Word Forms
- impassivities
Synonyms for impassivity
Depending on context, synonyms include indifference, stolidity, emotionlessness, impassiveness, unemotionality, phlegm.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include indifference, emotionlessness, unemotionality, stolidity, phlegm, passivity.
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