unreactiveness
Refusal to respond
Unreactiveness is the quality of not responding or reacting to stimuli, provocation, or changing conditions.
The term appears in technical contexts—chemistry, psychology, materials science—where a substance or subject fails to show expected responses: The unreactiveness of noble gases makes them useful in controlled environments.
In everyday use, it describes emotional or behavioral unresponsiveness: His unreactiveness to the news worried his family.
Lack of interest
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
nonchalance · dispassion · unconcern · aloofness · impassivity · emotionlessness · stolidity · unresponsiveness
State of non-reactivity
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- noble gasesNonreactive elemental group
- argonUnreactive element eighteen
- neonInert illuminating element
xenon · krypton · helium · radon · nonflammable · inert · corrosion resistance
Unshakable mental steadiness
- composureEmotional self-control
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
patience · acceptance · sangfroid · imperturbability · unflappability · resilience · endurance · forbearance
indifference
Lack of interest
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- numbnessLoss of sensation
insensitivity · nonchalance · dispassion · unconcern · aloofness · impassivity · emotionlessness · stolidity · unresponsiveness · disinterest
inertness
State of non-reactivity
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- noble gasesNonreactive elemental group
- argonUnreactive element eighteen
neon · xenon · krypton · helium · radon · nonflammable · inert · corrosion resistance
equanimity
Unshakable mental steadiness
- composureEmotional self-control
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
serenity · patience · acceptance · sangfroid · imperturbability · unflappability · resilience · endurance · forbearance · steadiness
unreactivenessreactiveness
Tendency to respond quickly
reactivity · responsiveness · volatility · chemical reactivity · excitability
react, reacts, reacted, reacting, reaction, reactions, reactive, reactively, reactivity