Definitions

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  • noun Absence of feeling.
  • adjective That does not feel.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ feeling

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Examples

  • A cold, tingling nonfeeling was glittering over my fingernails and my scalp.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • A cold, tingling nonfeeling was glittering over my fingernails and my scalp.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • All her love for Bliss had been translated into understanding, which was nonfeeling, and which she had chosen over hate.

    The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977

  • All her love for Bliss had been translated into understanding, which was nonfeeling, and which she had chosen over hate.

    The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977

  • All her love for Bliss had been translated into understanding, which was nonfeeling, and which she had chosen over hate.

    The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977

  • The idea of Walker’s hands touching the skin, the look on his face when he peered into the dead eyes, the feeling—the nonfeeling—of his lips on the pale pink flesh-textured sacs that rimmed my false teeth.

    Skinned Robin Wasserman 2008

  • The idea of Walker’s hands touching the skin, the look on his face when he peered into the dead eyes, the feeling—the nonfeeling—of his lips on the pale pink flesh-textured sacs that rimmed my false teeth.

    Skinned Robin Wasserman 2008

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