emotionlessness

English

Etymology

From emotionless +‎ -ness.

Noun

emotionlessness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being emotionless.
    • 1995 February 14, Michiko Kakutani, “BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Finding the Advantages In Some Mind Disorders”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      She tells Dr. Sacks that she identifies with Data, an android on "Star Trek" whose emotionlessness belies a great curiosity and wistfulness about the human world.
    • 2005 October 9, Lucy Ellmann, “'The Pagoda in the Garden': Are We Amused Yet?”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      Despite their troubles, there is an emotionlessness about Lesser's characters -- you don't feel for them much.

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