as in apathy
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
the prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember
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Noun
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There’s already enough apathy within the fan base after this year.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Rethinking apathy in disease Our discovery has implications far beyond cancer.—
Adam Kepecs,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Common symptoms of pneumonia include chest pain when breathing or coughing; fatigue; fever, sweating and shaking chills; nausea or vomiting; and a cough that produces phlegm, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Common symptoms of pneumonia include chest pain when breathing or coughing; fatigue; fever, sweating and shaking chills; nausea or vomiting; and a cough that produces phlegm, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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House Bill 5089 by Rep. Charlie Geren, a Fort Worth Republican, clarifies that the process of detachment must go through voters.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2025
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Culturally, this detachment from feeling led to a loss of emotional literacy.—
Nancy Zamierowski,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Numbness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbness. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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