impassiveness n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: {emotionlessness}, {impassivity}, {impassiveness}, {phlegm}, {indifference}, {stolidity}, {unemotionality}]
Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. [1913 Webster] Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
impassiveness \im*pas"sive*ness\ n. an absence of emotion. Syn: apathy, impassivity. [WordNet 1.5]