Meanings
- uncountableThe quality, state, or condition of being affectionless.
As was suggested at an earlier point, the most obvious use to which the historian might put the undoubted rise in suits at law in Tudor and Stuart England is as evidence of the general affectionlessness of human relationships at that time.
2003, John Bossy, Disputes and Settlements: Law and Human Relations in the WestSynonyms: unaffection
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality, state, or condition of being affectionless.
Origin
Translations
Portuguese inafetividade
- inafetividadethe condition of being affectionless
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