passionlessness
Total emotional neutrality
Passionlessness is the quality of lacking passion—an absence of strong feeling, enthusiasm, or intensity.
The word describes emotional flatness or detachment: The passionlessness of their marriage had become unbearable.
It can suggest calm restraint or, more often, a troubling void where feeling should be.
Loss of sensation
- blanknessState of being empty
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- flatnessAbsence of slope
- deadnessLack of life
vacancy · void · expressionlessness · woodenness · stoniness · deadpan · poker-faced · undemonstrative
Lack of interest
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
torpor · ennui · boredom · languor · weariness · jadedness · world-weariness · spiritlessness
Freedom from personal bias
- neutralityState of taking sides
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- disinterestednessAbsence of selfish motive
nonpartisanship · uninvolvement · distance · aloofness · withdrawal · isolation · separateness · disassociation
Extreme coldness or aloofness
- icinessExtreme coldness, literal or emotional
- frostinessCold or unfriendly manner
- chillinessMild cold sensation
- coolnessCalm self-possession
aloofness · remoteness · reserve · distance · hardheartedness · callousness · unfeelingness · stoniness
Emotional self-control
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- restraintControl over impulses
- imperturbabilityState of being unflappable
sangfroid · calmness · serenity · unflappability · fortitude · endurance · patience · acceptance
numbness
Loss of sensation
deadness · vacancy · void · expressionlessness · woodenness · stoniness · deadpan · poker-faced · undemonstrative · inexpressiveness
indifference
Lack of interest
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
lethargy · torpor · ennui · boredom · languor · weariness · jadedness · world-weariness · spiritlessness · lifelessness
objectivity
Freedom from personal bias
- neutralityState of taking sides
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
disinterestedness · nonpartisanship · uninvolvement · distance · aloofness · withdrawal · isolation · separateness · disassociation · clinical
frigidity
Extreme coldness or aloofness
- icinessExtreme coldness, literal or emotional
- frostinessCold or unfriendly manner
- chillinessMild cold sensation
coolness · aloofness · remoteness · reserve · distance · hardheartedness · callousness · unfeelingness · stoniness · steeliness
composure
Emotional self-control
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- restraintControl over impulses
imperturbability · sangfroid · calmness · serenity · unflappability · fortitude · endurance · patience · acceptance · resignation
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Intense emotional drive
ardor · fervor · intensity · emotionality · fire
passionlessnessenthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
zeal · eagerness · devotion · fanaticism · gusto
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