unfeelingness
Lack of empathy
Unfeelingness is the quality of being emotionally cold or indifferent to others' suffering.
It suggests a lack of sympathy or compassion that may be temporary or characteristic: His unfeelingness toward the homeless surprised me.
The word implies not just absence of emotion but failure to respond where feeling would be expected.
Lack of interest
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- emotionlessnessLack of any feeling
- passivityState of non-resistance
dispassion · listlessness · unconcern · impassivity · aloofness · insouciance · withdrawal · disconnection
Lack of compassion
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- hardheartednessAbsence of pity
- pitilessnessTotal absence of compassion
- coldheartednessUtter lack of empathy
ruthlessness · mercilessness · inhumanity · brutality · harshness · stoniness · thick-skinned · remorselessness
Lack of life
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- desensitizationReduced response over time
analgesia · paralysis · frozenness · shock · dissociation · blunting · muting · suppression
Emotional self-control
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- imperturbabilityState of being unflappable
- impassivenessTotal absence of emotion
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
reserve · restraint · fortitude · endurance · acceptance · resignation · forbearance · serenity
indifference
Lack of interest
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- emotionlessnessLack of any feeling
passivity · dispassion · listlessness · unconcern · impassivity · aloofness · insouciance · withdrawal · disconnection · uninvolvement
heartlessness
Lack of compassion
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- hardheartednessAbsence of pity
- pitilessnessTotal absence of compassion
coldheartedness · ruthlessness · mercilessness · inhumanity · brutality · harshness · stoniness · thick-skinned · remorselessness · unsympathetic
deadness
Lack of life
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- dullnessLack of stimulation
desensitization · analgesia · paralysis · frozenness · shock · dissociation · blunting · muting · suppression · shutdown
composure
Emotional self-control
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- imperturbabilityState of being unflappable
- impassivenessTotal absence of emotion
self-control · reserve · restraint · fortitude · endurance · acceptance · resignation · forbearance · serenity · calmness
- insensitivitycallousness, cold-heartedness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inconsideration
- crueltycruelty, brutality, inhumanity, viciousness, ruthlessness
unfeelingnesssensitivity
Responsiveness to stimuli
feeling · emotionality · tenderness · warmth · soft-heartedness
unfeelingnesscompassion
Concern for others' distress
kindness · sympathy · empathy · benevolence · charity
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