insensibility

English

Etymology

From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas.

Noun

insensibility (plural insensibilities)

The property of being insensible.
Synonym: insensibleness
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
  What a deal of grief, care, and other harmful excitement does a healthy dulness and cheerful insensibility avoid!

Translations

the property of being insensible

Bulgarian: безчувственост (bg) f (bezčuvstvenost)
Latin: indolentia f
Portuguese: insensibilidade (pt) f

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