insensibility
pronunciation
How to pronounce insensibility in British English:
UK [ɪnˌsensəˈbɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce insensibility in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a lack of sensibility
- devoid of passion or feeling
Word Origin
- insensibility (n.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin insensibilitas, from Latin insensibilis (see insensible).
Example
- 1. He showed total insensibility to the animal 's fate .
- 2. His insensibility toartindicates thathe will never become a real artist .
- 3. And as her temperament was not of the order that escapes from too intense suffering by a swoon , her spirit could only shelter itself beneath a stony crust of insensibility , while the faculties of animal life remained entire .
- 4. His insensibility to the feelings of others .
- 5. You never know , those insensibility that I pretend .