nonemotional
English
Alternative forms
- non-emotional
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒnɪˈməʊʃənəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/
- Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl
Adjective
nonemotional (not comparable)
- Not emotional; unrelated to emotion.
- Synonyms: emotionless, unemotional; see also Thesaurus:alexithymic
- 2009 January 22, Howard Beck, “The Knicks Win Again to Remain on a Roll”, in New York Times[1]:
- By the time the Suns came to Madison Square Garden for another reunion, the only impulse D’Antoni had about his old players was the need to beat them, for purely nonemotional reasons.