insensibility

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.

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

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in·sensi·bili·ty, in·sensi·ble·ness n.

in·sensi·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 callousness, unfeelingness, callosity, hardness 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 art → Unempfänglichkeit f → für Kunst

insensibility [ɪnˌsɛnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n

a. (Med) (unconsciousness) → incoscienza

b. (fig) (unfeelingness) insensiblity (towards) → indifferenza (di fronte a)