IMPASSIVENESS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

impassiveness

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Definition of impassiveness

as in impassivity

a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness the child's inexplicable impassiveness, after all he'd been through, was a source of concern for his relatives

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Those include numbness and tingling around the mouth and fingertips, trouble walking, talking or swallowing, sometimes weakness in the upper or lower extremity, balance issues or struggles with episodic memory.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The Massachusetts mother asked to change her medications nearly every day, saying the drugs were causing intrusive thoughts, insomnia and numbness, said one of her other providers, Rebecca Jollotta.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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Dementia can also cause behavioral symptoms such as confusion, apathy, personality changes, anxiety and depression.

— Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
That apathy paid off as the stock quickly peaked out at $219, collapsed a few months later to $80 during the depths of the 2022 tech crash.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of apathy

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However, at the quantum level, emptiness is filled with unwanted noise.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
The problem isn’t the characterization, since the surgeon is extremely well drawn and Văncică’s performance picks up on both the overall inner emptiness and the yearning for something more.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of emptiness

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Your Mucus Changes Changes in mucus (phlegm) are among the most common signs of a COPD flare-up.

— MD Published, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2026
European colonists commonly believed that the balance of humors – yellow and black biles, blood and phlegm – circulating through one’s body was important for health.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of phlegm

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