impassive

English

Etymology

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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.
   • 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

• apathetic, phlegmatic

Related terms

• passive
• impassible
• impatient

Translations

having, or revealing, no emotion

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

  Ancient: ἀπαθής (apathḗs)

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

still or motionless

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

not reacting to provocation or stimuli

• Japanese: 無感覚な (mukankakuna)
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• Maori: whakaririka