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affectlessness

UK/ˈaˌfɛktləsnəs/

affectlessness noun: emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.

Noun

affectlessness (uncountable)

  1. Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.
    • That is, she has an amoral affectlessness, a serene indifference to the suffering of others, which she invites and dispassionately observes as tests of her power.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Origin of affectlessness

From affectless + -ness.

Questions about affectlessness

What does affectlessness mean?
Affectlessness means emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.
What part of speech is affectlessness?
Affectlessness is a noun.
How do you pronounce affectlessness?
Affectlessness is pronounced /ˈaˌfɛktləsnəs/ (UK).

Words near affectlessness in the dictionary

  1. affectivities
  2. affectivity
  3. affectless
  4. affectless schizoid
  5. affectlessly
  6. affectlessness
  7. affectomotor
  8. affectonym
  9. affectonyms
  10. affector
  11. affectors

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