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emotionless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English emotionless From emotion + -less.

Meanings

1. Lacking emotion.
   • “I'd admit the past & monsterize myself in the eyes of the jury,” he wrote. “I would try to be emotionless, to add credibility to that monsterization. 2006, Michael Finkel, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa:
   • Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes. 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 72:

Forms

Deriveds

emotionlessness · emotionlessly

Synonyms

alexithymic

Translations (19)

pl beznamiętny (lacking emotion) · sv känslolös (lacking emotion) · de gefühllos (lacking emotion) · gl desapaixonado (lacking emotion) · de emotionslos (lacking emotion) · fi tunteeton (lacking emotion) · tr duygusuz (lacking emotion) · bg студе́н (lacking emotion) · ro fără emoții (lacking emotion) · tr hissiz (lacking emotion) · uk беземоці́йний (lacking emotion) · de unbewegt (lacking emotion) · gl impertérrito (lacking emotion) · nl emotieloos (lacking emotion) · gl impasíbel (lacking emotion) · grc ἀπαθής (lacking emotion) · pl bezuczuciowy (lacking emotion) · hi भावहीन (lacking emotion) · sl brezčustven (lacking emotion)