Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insensibility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insensibility \In*sen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
insensibilit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of
sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the
insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or
passion; dullness; stupidity.
Syn: Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor;
apathy; impassiveness; indifference.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insensibility
n 1: a lack of sensibility [ant: {sensibility}]
2: devoid of passion or feeling [syn: {unfeelingness}, {callousness},
{hardness}]
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