单词 | impassiveness |
释义 | impassiveness|ɪmˈpæsɪvnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being impassive; want of feeling or emotion, insensibility, apathy.
1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. vi. §1. 53 The power of remaining in a calme apathy and impassivenesse in all offencive emergencies. 1657Pierce Div. Philanthr. Ded. 3 He hath communicable Attributes, as well as Attributes incommunicable; not only Impassivenesse, but patience. 1817Godwin Mandeville III. 364 (Jod.) The impassiveness with which Hell sometimes dowers her votaries. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt I. ii. 66 A handsome impassiveness of face. |

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