callousness

English

Etymology

From callous +‎ -ness.

Noun

callousness (usually uncountable, plural callousnesses)

1. The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

   Synonyms: callosity, hardheartedness, insensitivity

   Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.

   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 69:

     To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.

2. The quality of having calluses.

Translations

quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference

• Dutch: ongevoeligheid (nl) f
• Finnish: kylmäverisyys (fi), kylmäsydämisyys (fi)
• French: insensibilité (fr)
• Galician: insensibilidade (gl), desconsideración (gl), indiferenza, desdén
• German: Gefühllosigkeit (de) f, Unempfindlichkeit (de) f, Abgebrühtheit f, Herzlosigkeit (de) f, Kaltschnäuzigkeit (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹 f (daubei), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (daubiþa), 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 (harduhairtei)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πώρωσις f (pṓrōsis)

• Irish: cruachroíocht f
• Polish: bezduszność (pl) f, znieczulica (pl) f
• Russian: бесчу́вственность (ru) f (besčúvstvennostʹ)
• Turkish: katılık (tr)

quality of having calluses

• Finnish: känsäisyys (fi)
• German: Schwieligkeit f
• Spanish: callosidad (es)
• Turkish: nasırlılık