insensitiveness

Noun

Meaning

the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

insensitivity malice torture persecution detachment hardness indifference cruelty apathy numbness harshness barbarism coldness coolness savagery
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Antonyms

sensitiveness support hand help care aid
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Hypernyms

inability unfitness

Hyponyms

hardness callousness insensibility callosity crassness crassitude

Examples

Great things are accomplished by men who are not conscious of the impotence of man. Such insensitiveness is precious. But we must admit that criminals are not unlike our heroes in this respect. Paul Valéry

Close letter words and terms

insensitive to criticism insensitive to insults insensitively insensitivity insensitivity to pain insensuous