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inexpressivity

inexpressivity noun: the quality of being inexpressive.

Noun

inexpressivity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being inexpressive.
    • The critics also would discover an individual structure in the score: a singular, artful alternation of the savage in mood and movement and the dreamy and exalted; a juxtaposition of heavy march-rhythms and dragging or ecstatic rhythms; and abrupt juxtapositions of inexpressivity and extreme...1943–5, Accent, page 182
    • By demonstrating, even on this superficial level, that it is possible to cry without having pain the degree of emotional inexpressivity is lessened.1951, J[oseph] A[ugustus] Winter, A Doctor’s Report on Dianetics: Theory and Therapy, page 117

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Questions about inexpressivity

What does inexpressivity mean?
Inexpressivity means the quality of being inexpressive.
What part of speech is inexpressivity?
Inexpressivity is a noun.

Words near inexpressivity in the dictionary

  1. inexpressibly
  2. inexpression
  3. inexpressive
  4. inexpressively
  5. inexpressiveness
  6. inexpressivity
  7. inexpugnability
  8. inexpugnable
  9. inexpugnableness
  10. inexpugnably
  11. inexpungable

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