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impassive

adj
/ɪmˈpæsɪv/US

Etymology

From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻
  2. derived from passivus
  3. derived from passif
  4. inherited from passyf
  5. formed as impassive — “im- + passive”

Definitions

  1. Having, or revealing, no emotion.

    • It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.

  2. Still or motionless.

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Derived

impassively, impassiveness, impassivity, unimpassive

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