Meanings
plural impassivities
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being impassive.
[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 371 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounapathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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