unemotional

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adjective

Showing little or no feeling.

“an unemotional person”

Similar
clinicaldispassionatealexithymicapathisticaldullphlegmaticcold-bloodedcold-hearted
Opposite
passionateemotional
OriginEnglish emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion →
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Meanings

adjectiveunemotional (comparative more unemotional, superlative most unemotional)

comparative more unemotional · superlative most unemotional

  1. Showing little or no feeling.

    an unemotional person

    Synonyms: clinical, dispassionate, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded · Antonyms: passionate

  2. Reasoned and objective, involving reason or intellect rather than feelings.

    On a side note, I would like to also point out that when Mike was asked about what to do about a losing position, he replied that the trader must analyze the situation and make an unemotional decision.

    2007, Mark Whistler, Trade With Passion and Purpose, page 54

    Synonyms: clinical, objective, businesslike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveShowing little or no feeling.

Similar
clinicaldispassionatealexithymicapathisticalclinicaldullphlegmaticcold-bloodedcold-hearteddead insidedispassionateemotionlessimmovableimpassibleimpassiveinsensiblenonemotionalnonfeelingnonpassionatenonsentimental
Opposite
passionate

adjectiveReasoned and objective, involving reason or intellect rather than feelings.

Similar
clinicalobjectivebusinesslike

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveunsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

Similar
chillydryimpassivestolidphilosophicalphilosophic
Opposite
emotional

adjectivecool and formal in manner

Similar
restrainedreticentundemonstrative
Also see
alexithymicchillyclinicalcold-heartedcooldryimpassivenonemotionalphilosophicphilosophicalphlegmaticphlegmaticalrestrainedreticentstoicstoicalstolidstonyunblinkingundemonstrativeunsentimental

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  15. Proto-Italic*moweō
  16. Latinmoveō
  17. Latinēmoveō
  18. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  19. Old Frenchesmovoir
  20. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  21. Middle Frenchemotion
  22. Englishemotion
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  25. Englishemotional
  26. Englishunemotional

From un- + emotional.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀπαθής
  • ἀπαθής (apathḗs)showing no or little emotion
German nüchtern
  • nüchternshowing no or little emotion
Irish fuarchúiseach
  • fuarchúiseachshowing no or little emotion
Māori whakamoroki
  • whakamorokishowing no or little emotion
Russian неэмоциона́льный, безэмоциона́льный малоэмоциона́льный
  • неэмоциона́льный (neemocionálʹnyj)showing no or little emotion
  • безэмоциона́льный малоэмоциона́льный (bezɛmocionálʹnyj)showing no or little emotion
Ukrainian беземоці́йний
  • беземоці́йний (bezemocíjnyj)showing no or little emotion
Cite this entry
APA

unemotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unemotional

MLA

“unemotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unemotional. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unemotional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unemotional.

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