Dictionary

unemotional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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 English -al English emotional English unemotional From un- + emotional.

Meanings

1. Showing little or no feeling.
   • an unemotional person
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:

Forms

Antonyms

passionate

Deriveds

unemotionally · unemotionalism · unemotionalness

Synonyms

immovable · unemotional · nonpassionate · nonsentimental · clinical · dispassionate · nonemotional · businesslike · dead inside · apathistical · stolid · unmovable · alexithymic · unsentimental · unfeeling · clinical · phlegmatic · cold-hearted · nonfeeling · cold-blooded · emotionless · objective · impassible · dispassionate · clinical · insensible · impassive · dull · unpassionate

Translations (7)

ru неэмоциона́льный (showing no or little emotion) · mi whakamoroki (showing no or little emotion) · grc ἀπαθής (showing no or little emotion) · ru безэмоциона́льный малоэмоциона́льный (showing no or little emotion) · uk беземоці́йний (showing no or little emotion) · de nüchtern (showing no or little emotion) · ga fuarchúiseach (showing no or little emotion)