nonemotional

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UK/nɒnɪˈməʊʃənəl/US/nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/

adjective

Not emotional; unrelated to emotion.

Similar
emotionlessunemotionalalexithymicapathisticalclinicaldullphlegmaticcold-blooded
OriginEnglish emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion →
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Meanings

adjectivenonemotional (not comparable)

alternative non-emotional

  1. not comparableNot emotional; unrelated to emotion.

    By the time the Suns came to Madison Square Garden for another reunion, the only impulse D’Antoni had about his old players was the need to beat them, for purely nonemotional reasons.

    2009 January 22, Howard Beck, “The Knicks Win Again to Remain on a Roll”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: emotionless, unemotional, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot emotional; unrelated to emotion.

Similar
emotionlessunemotionalalexithymicapathisticalclinicaldullphlegmaticcold-bloodedcold-hearteddead insidedispassionateemotionlessimmovableimpassibleimpassiveinsensiblenonfeelingnonpassionatenonsentimental
Also see
alexithymicapathisticalclinicalcold-bloodedcold-hearteddead insidedispassionatedullimmovableimpassibleimpassiveinsensiblenonfeelingnonpassionatenonsentimentalreptilianreptitiousstolidunemotionalunmovableunpassionateunsentimental

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  21. Proto-Italic*moweō
  22. Latinmoveō
  23. Latinēmoveō
  24. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  25. Old Frenchesmovoir
  26. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  27. Middle Frenchemotion
  28. Englishemotion
  29. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  31. Englishemotional
  32. Englishnonemotional

From non- + emotional.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nonemotional

emotionalpromotionaldevotionalnotionalmotionalcommotionaldaily devotionalhyperemotionalindevotionallotionaloveremotionalpornographico-devotional
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Cite this entry
APA

nonemotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonemotional

MLA

“nonemotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonemotional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonemotional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonemotional.

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