impassive

English

Etymology

From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) +‎ passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpæsɪv/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æsɪv
  • Hyphenation: im‧pass‧ive

Adjective

impassive (comparative more impassive, superlative most impassive)

  1. Having, or revealing, no emotion.
    Synonyms: apathetic, phlegmatic, unemotional; see also Thesaurus:alexithymic, Thesaurus:apathetic
    • 2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC‎[1]:
      It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.
  2. Still or motionless.
    Synonyms: inanimate, inert; see also Thesaurus:stationary

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References

  1. ^ “impassive, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “impassive, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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