Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being inexpressive.
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 1172 more examples
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 expressivity.
1943–5, Accent, page 182Particularly ingenious, I think, is the bilingualism: the English “notes-art” implying the pianist’s inexpressivity, and the German “no-zart” (zart meaning tender or delicate).
1957, Abram Chasins, Speaking of Pianists…, page 52Synonyms: inexpressiveness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being inexpressive.
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