insensibilities
States of unawareness
Insensibilities are states of being unaware, unresponsive, or emotionally unmoved.
Someone might fall into insensibility from injury or shock—a loss of consciousness.
More often the word describes emotional or moral numbness: The war had bred certain insensibilities in him.
The plural suggests multiple instances or varieties of such unresponsiveness.
Lack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- emotionlessnessLack of any feeling
passivity · coldness · dispassion · nonchalance · impassivity · unresponsiveness · unfeelingness · aloofness
Lack of awareness
- unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
- inattentionLack of focus
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
nescience · unfamiliarity · heedlessness · unobservant · unperceptive · oversight · absentmindedness · distraction
Induced loss of feeling
- deadnessLack of life
- analgesiaAbsence of sensation
- dulledMade less sharp
- torporInactive, sluggish state
desensitized · unfeeling · stupor · insensitivity · paresthesia · frozen · insentient · unconsciousness
Frank, unvarnished manner
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
- curtnessRudely brief speech
rudeness · impoliteness · indelicacy · boorishness · gracelessness · thoughtlessness · inconsideration · gaucheness
Innocent lack of experience
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
benighted · unschooled · unversed · uninstructed · uninitiated · unwitting · unlearned · greenness
indifference
Lack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disinterestAbsence of bias
emotionlessness · passivity · coldness · dispassion · nonchalance · impassivity · unresponsiveness · unfeelingness · aloofness · disengagement
obliviousness
Lack of awareness
- unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
- inattentionLack of focus
unknowing · nescience · unfamiliarity · heedlessness · unobservant · unperceptive · oversight · absentmindedness · distraction · neglect
anesthesia
Induced loss of feeling
torpor · desensitized · unfeeling · stupor · insensitivity · paresthesia · frozen · insentient · unconsciousness · catatonia
bluntness
Frank, unvarnished manner
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
curtness · rudeness · impoliteness · indelicacy · boorishness · gracelessness · thoughtlessness · inconsideration · gaucheness · coarseness
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
unenlightened · benighted · unschooled · unversed · uninstructed · uninitiated · unwitting · unlearned · greenness · rawness
insensibilitiesconsciousness
State of sentient awareness
awareness · sensibility · wakefulness · alertness · cognizance
insensibilitiessensitivities
Proneness to being affected
sensitivity · empathy · feeling · compassion · susceptibility
insensibilitiesfeeling
Sensed inner state
sensibility · sensations · sensation · sensitivity · tactility
sense, sensitive, consent, sensation, sensible, sensitivity, sentiment, senseless, resent