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  • 11Apathies — Apathy Ap a*thy, n.; pl. {Apathies}. [L. apathia, Gr. ?; a priv. + ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See {Pathos}.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; applied either to the body or the mind. As… …

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  • 12Apathy — Ap a*thy, n.; pl. {Apathies}. [L. apathia, Gr. ?; a priv. + ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See {Pathos}.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to… …

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  • 13callousness — cal lous*ness n. lack of passion or feeling. Syn: unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 14Insensibility — In*sen si*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. insensibilit[ e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The state or quality of being insensible; lack of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates. [1913 Webster] 2. Lack of… …

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  • 15unfeeling — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. devoid of feeling ; insensate < an unfeeling corpse > 2. devoid of kindness or sympathy ; hardhearted, cruel < an unfeeling brute > • unfeelingly adverb • unfeelingness …

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  • 16hardness — /hahrd nis/, n. 1. the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice. 2. a relative degree or extent of this quality: wood of a desirable hardness. 3. that quality in water that is imparted by the presence of dissolved salts, esp. calcium&#8230; …

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  • 17unfeeling — unfeelingly, adv. unfeelingness, n. /un fee ling/, adj. 1. not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate. 2. unsympathetic; callous: an intelligent but unfeeling man. [bef. 1000; ME; OE unfelende. See UN 1, FEEL, ING2] Syn. 1. numb. 2.&#8230; …

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  • 18brutality — I noun act of inhumanity, barbarity, bestiality, brutalness, brutilization, brutishness, cruelness, cruelty, grossness, hardness, hardness of heart, harshness, heart of stone, heartlessness, immanitas, inhumanity, lack of feeling, mercilessness,&#8230; …

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  • 19ingratitude — in·grat·i·tude n: forgetfulness of or lack of appreciation for kindness or esp. a gift received ◇ Under the civil law of Louisiana, a gift may be revoked on the ground of ingratitude if the recipient of the gift tries to kill the person who gave&#8230; …

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  • 20insentience — noun absence of feeling, absence of sensation, blackout, blankness, immobility, inability to act, inability to perceive, inaction, inactivity, inanimateness, inanimation, incognizance, incomprehension, indifference, inertia, inertness,&#8230; …

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