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English Dictionary: insensibility by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insensibility
n
  1. a lack of sensibility [ant: aesthesia, esthesia, sensibility]
  2. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
    Synonym(s): unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Insensibility \In*sen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
      insensibilit[82].]
      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.
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