affectlessness

affectlessness

English

Etymology

    From affectless + -ness.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaˌfɛktləsnəs/

    Noun

    affectlessness (uncountable)

    1. Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling. [from 20th c.]
      • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
        That is, she has an amoral affectlessness, a serene indifference to the suffering of others, which she invites and dispassionately observes as tests of her power.