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insensibility

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in·sen·si·ble  (n-sns-bl)
adj.
1.
a. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
b. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
2.
a. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.
b. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
c. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
3.
a. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
b. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nsnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + snsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]

in·sensi·bili·ty, in·sensi·ble·ness n.
in·sensi·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.insensibility - a lack of sensibility
unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
aesthesia, esthesia, sensibility - mental responsiveness and awareness
2.insensibility - devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
dullness - lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."
Translations
insensibility [ɪnˌsensəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N
1.insensibilidad f (to a)
2. (= unconsciousness) → inconsciencia f
insensibility
n
(bodily) → Unempfindlichkeit f(to gegenüber); (= unconsciousness)Bewusstlosigkeit f
(= lack of feeling)Gefühllosigkeit f(to gegenüber); insensibility to artUnempfänglichkeit ffür Kunst
insensibility [ɪnˌsɛnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n
a. (Med) (unconsciousness) → incoscienza
b. (fig) (unfeelingness) insensiblity (towards)indifferenza (di fronte a)

insensibility [ɪnˌsɛnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n
a. (Med) (unconsciousness) → incoscienza
b. (fig) (unfeelingness) insensiblity (towards)indifferenza (di fronte a)


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An apology for the insensibility of Mr Jones to all the charms of the lovely Sophia; in which possibly we may, in a considerable degree, lower his character in the estimation of those men of wit and gallantry who approve the heroes in most of our modern comedies.
You may be--you must be--well assured that nothing but the strongest conviction of duty could induce me to wound my own feelings by urging a lengthened separation, and of insensibility to yours you will hardly suspect me.
Nature had made him a butt, but had denied him insensibility.
 
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