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impassivity

impassivity noun: the state of being impassive.

Noun

impassivity (usually uncountable, plural impassivities)

  1. (usually) The state of being impassive.
    • He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 10
    • [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37

Forms of impassivity

pluralimpassivities

Origin of impassivity

From impassive + -ity.

Questions about impassivity

What does impassivity mean?
Impassivity means the state of being impassive.
What part of speech is impassivity?
Impassivity is a noun.
What is the plural of impassivity?
The plural of impassivity is impassivities.

Words near impassivity in the dictionary

  1. impassions
  2. impassive
  3. impassively
  4. impassiveness
  5. impassivities
  6. impassivity
  7. impasta
  8. impastation
  9. impastations
  10. Impastato
  11. impaste

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