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callousness

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cal·lous  (kls)
adj.
1. Having calluses; toughened: callous skin on the elbow.
2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: a callous indifference to the suffering of others.
tr. & intr.v. cal·loused, cal·lous·ing, cal·lous·es
To make or become callous.

[Middle English, from Old French cailleux, from Latin callsus, from callum, hard skin.]

callous·ly adv.
callous·ness n.
Usage Note: Do not confuse the adjective callous, as in Years of dealing with criminals had left her callous, with the noun callus, as in I have a callus on my thumb. Also, do not confuse the verb callous, which means "to make or become callous," with the verb callus "to form or develop hardened tissue."
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Noun1.callousness - 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."

callousness
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callousness [ˈkæləsnɪs] ninsensibilidad, crueldad f
callousness [ˈkæləsnɪs] ndureté f, manque m de cœur, insensibilité f
callousness [ˈkæləsnɪs] callous nHerzlosigkeit f
callousness [ˈkæləsnɪs] ninsensibilità

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"Oh, he's done for," answered Lawson, with the cheerful callousness of his youth.
He was used to the harsh callousness of factory girls and working women.
Living the old life, she was horrified at herself, at her utter insurmountable callousness to all her own past, to things, to habits, to the people she had loved, who loved her--to her mother, who was wounded by her indifference, to her kind, tender father, till then dearer than all the world.
 
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