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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Devoid of or not subject to emotion.
  2. adj. Revealing no emotion; expressionless.
  3. adj. Archaic Incapable of physical sensation.
  4. adj. Motionless; still.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; insensible; impassible.
  2. Not showing sensibility or emotion; unmoved; apathetic: as, an impassive manner.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Having, or revealing, no emotion.
  2. adj. Still or motionless.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
  2. adj. deliberately impassive in manner

Etymologies

  1. in-1 + passive, suffering (obsolete). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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