affectlessness

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UK/ˈaˌfɛktləsnəs/

noun

Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 22
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Meanings

nounaffectlessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEmotional detachment; a lack of feeling.First known use 20th c.

    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

From affectless + -ness.

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APA

affectlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectlessness

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affectlessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectlessness.

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