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impassibility

nounCommon GRE wordMore I words

the incapacity to feel pain or emotion; serene insensibility to suffering

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In a sentence

Impassibility in a sentence

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The stoic philosopher prized impassibility as freedom from the tyranny of feeling.

Synonyms
impassivityinsensibilityimperturbability
Antonyms
sensitivityemotionality

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Impassibility (noun) means the incapacity to feel pain or emotion; serene insensibility to suffering
Here is impassibility used in an example sentence: "The stoic philosopher prized impassibility as freedom from the tyranny of feeling."
Common synonyms for impassibility include impassivity, insensibility, imperturbability.
Antonyms of impassibility include sensitivity, emotionality.
Impassibility is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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