affectlessness

noun

as in numbness
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness though she always acts so blasé about everything, I think her air of affectlessness is largely put on

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  1. numbness
  2. phlegm
  3. apathy
  4. emptiness
Noun
  • The 53-year-old senator experienced numbness in his arm Saturday afternoon while at his son’s hockey game, according to Allison Herwitt, the senator’s chief of staff in a statement Sunday.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Other important symptoms of a stroke are a severe headache, confusion and numbness on one side of the body.
    — Diane Webber, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of numbness
Noun
  • Symptoms can include shortness of breath and coughing or blood in the phlegm.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Any confusion, difficulty walking, shortness of breath or coughing up significant phlegm should prompt an immediate descent.
    — Elaine Reno, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of phlegm
Noun
  • And for a franchise built on passionate online debate from a vocal fandom, apathy is a death knell.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Their level of apathy and absenteeism will spell the difference between a good and a great night for Democrats.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of apathy
Noun
  • Carson’s account of desire helps explain why this creed leads to two kinds of emptiness.
    — Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Such stylish emptiness is daunting, and one doesn’t envy those who are now being encouraged to try it on for size.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of emptiness
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