impassive

English

Etymology

From im- (“not”) +‎ passive (“to express the suffering or feeling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpæsɪv/

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

Related terms

• passive
• impassible
• impatient

Translations

having, or revealing, no emotion

• Bulgarian: безстрастен (bg) (bezstrasten)
• Dutch: onbewogen (nl), gevoelloos (nl), ongeëmotioneerd, onverstoorbaar (nl)
• Finnish: tunteeton (fi), välinpitämätön (fi)
• French: impassible (fr)
• German: gefühllos (de), gleichmütig (de), teilnahmslos (de), leidenschaftslos
• Greek: απαθής (el) (apathís)

  Ancient: ἀπαθής (apathḗs)

• Hungarian: közömbös (hu), egykedvű (hu), érzéketlen (hu)
• Irish: fuarchúiseach
• Japanese: 無感動な (mukandōna)
• Marathi: भावनाशून्य (bhāvnāśūnya)
• Portuguese: impassível (pt)
• Spanish: impasible (es)
• Turkish: Duyarsız

still or motionless

• Finnish: liikkumaton (fi)
• German: unbewegt
• Hungarian: mozdulatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 平然とした (hēzentoshita)
• Maori: whakaririka

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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 無感覚な (mukankakuna)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} whakaririka