insensibilityn.

/ɪnsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology: < late Latin insensibilitās, < insensibilis : see -ity suffix. Compare French insensibilité (12–13th cent. in Littré).

The quality or condition of being insensible; want of sensibility.

I. In passive sense.

1. The quality of being imperceptible, or not appreciable by the senses. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [noun] > quality of being imperceptible to senses

unperceivableness1611

imperceptibility1612

insensibility1635

undiscernibleness1645

undiscernableness1646

imperceptiveness1662

imperceivableness1666

imperceptibleness1673

imperceptivitya1680

1635 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 3) v–vi. 24 For your pretended insensibilitie in Natures decay.

1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica xi. 60 Which insensibility of slow motions..may thus be accounted for; Motion cannot be perceived without the perception of its Terms, viz. The parts of space which it immediately left, and those which it next acquires.

II. In active sense.

a. Incapability, or deprivation, of (physical) feeling or sensation; unconsciousness; a swoon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun]

unfeelingness1398

insensibility?1510

senselessness1577

indolency1603

stupidity1603

unfeeling1603

torpidity1614

torpor1626

sleepiness1647

indolence1656

insensibleness1656

narcosis1671

torpidnessa1676

torpitude1713

anaesthesia1721

deadness1764

insentience1862

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun]

insensibility?1510

senselessness1577

death1596

ecstasy1598

ecstasis1621

unconsciousness1732

insentience1862

?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. c.vi^v Ther holdith me some tyme by almighty god as hit were euin a swone and an insensibilite.

?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiv^v The insensybylyte of the rotten humours of the outwarde partes.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 28 He will..dispatch himself resolutely into the State of eternal Sleep and Insensibility.

1774 tr. Boerhaave's Inst. III. 409 After a Nerve has been tied..an Insensibility and Wasting follows in those Parts to which that Nerve was distributed.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 91 I fell from my horse in a state of insensibility.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator ix. 143 The carbonic acid is..heavier than the air..in breathing it insensibility ensues and ultimately death.

b. Physical insensitiveness (to something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > to something specified

insensibility1808

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 111 Instances of this insensibility of the system to internal stimuli.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ii. 29 The insensibility of the eye to particular colours.

1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 245 Perfect hardihood and insensibility to the changes of the seasons.

a. Incapacity of mental feeling or emotion; incapability of being affected or moved; want of moral susceptibility; apathy, indifference.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion

dryheada1300

lethargyc1380

drynessc1450

dumping1542

unsensibility1551

insensibleness?1555

unsensibleness?1555

stupidity1568

stolidity1570

stupor1570

dumpishness1574

senselessness1577

innaturality1579

astoniedness1580

impassibility1603

stupefaction1603

torpor1607

deadness1611

unsufferance1611

hebetude1621

nonsense1621

drought1622

hebetation1623

obstupefaction1625

unanswerableness1626

tastelessnessa1631

insensateness1646

impassiveness1648

obtuseness1648

barrenness1655

torpulency1657

sterility1661

spiritlessness1669

unspiritedness1669

unaffectedness1678

insensibility1691

stolidness1727

apathy1742

impenetrableness1747

unfeelingness1766

impassivity1794

unfeeling1805

soullessness1811

incommobility1822

obtusity1823

unimpressibleness1830

hardhead1836

stockishness1837

insensitiveness1838

impenetrability1847

unreceptivity1849

unsusceptibility1850

woodenness1854

unimpressionability1862

irresponsiveness1864

unresponsiveness1869

impassibleness1874

irreceptivity1881

unimpressibility1889

apatheia1893

inemotivity1894

affectlessness1921

insensitivity1957

1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 51 So many Circumstances of Insensibility and hardiness of Mind are urged.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 150 I heard this News with the utmost Insensibility .

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 787 The least affliction prompts them to suicide..and they put an end to their days with great apparent insensibility.

1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 239 I often wonder at my hardheartedness and insensibility, when I reflect on the earnest and affecting entreaties of these dear friends.

b. Const. of, to.

ΚΠ

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 562 An utter insensibility of any good, or kindness done him by others.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. 497 One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness of the Creator is the very extensiveness of his bounty.

a1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. ii. iii. 253 Insensibility to the common objects of human cupidity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	insensibility
释义	insensibilityn. /ɪnsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ Etymology: < late Latin insensibilitās, < insensibilis : see -ity suffix. Compare French insensibilité (12–13th cent. in Littré). The quality or condition of being insensible; want of sensibility. I. In passive sense. 1. The quality of being imperceptible, or not appreciable by the senses. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [noun] > quality of being imperceptible to senses unperceivableness1611 imperceptibility1612 insensibility1635 undiscernibleness1645 undiscernableness1646 imperceptiveness1662 imperceivableness1666 imperceptibleness1673 imperceptivitya1680 1635 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 3) v–vi. 24 For your pretended insensibilitie in Natures decay. 1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica xi. 60 Which insensibility of slow motions..may thus be accounted for; Motion cannot be perceived without the perception of its Terms, viz. The parts of space which it immediately left, and those which it next acquires. II. In active sense. 2. a. Incapability, or deprivation, of (physical) feeling or sensation; unconsciousness; a swoon. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] unfeelingness1398 insensibility?1510 senselessness1577 indolency1603 stupidity1603 unfeeling1603 torpidity1614 torpor1626 sleepiness1647 indolence1656 insensibleness1656 narcosis1671 torpidnessa1676 torpitude1713 anaesthesia1721 deadness1764 insentience1862 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] insensibility?1510 senselessness1577 death1596 ecstasy1598 ecstasis1621 unconsciousness1732 insentience1862 ?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. c.vi^v Ther holdith me some tyme by almighty god as hit were euin a swone and an insensibilite. ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiv^v The insensybylyte of the rotten humours of the outwarde partes. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 28 He will..dispatch himself resolutely into the State of eternal Sleep and Insensibility. 1774 tr. Boerhaave's Inst. III. 409 After a Nerve has been tied..an Insensibility and Wasting follows in those Parts to which that Nerve was distributed. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 91 I fell from my horse in a state of insensibility. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator ix. 143 The carbonic acid is..heavier than the air..in breathing it insensibility ensues and ultimately death. b. Physical insensitiveness (to something). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > to something specified insensibility1808 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 111 Instances of this insensibility of the system to internal stimuli. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ii. 29 The insensibility of the eye to particular colours. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 245 Perfect hardihood and insensibility to the changes of the seasons. 3. a. Incapacity of mental feeling or emotion; incapability of being affected or moved; want of moral susceptibility; apathy, indifference. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion dryheada1300 lethargyc1380 drynessc1450 dumping1542 unsensibility1551 insensibleness?1555 unsensibleness?1555 stupidity1568 stolidity1570 stupor1570 dumpishness1574 senselessness1577 innaturality1579 astoniedness1580 impassibility1603 stupefaction1603 torpor1607 deadness1611 unsufferance1611 hebetude1621 nonsense1621 drought1622 hebetation1623 obstupefaction1625 unanswerableness1626 tastelessnessa1631 insensateness1646 impassiveness1648 obtuseness1648 barrenness1655 torpulency1657 sterility1661 spiritlessness1669 unspiritedness1669 unaffectedness1678 insensibility1691 stolidness1727 apathy1742 impenetrableness1747 unfeelingness1766 impassivity1794 unfeeling1805 soullessness1811 incommobility1822 obtusity1823 unimpressibleness1830 hardhead1836 stockishness1837 insensitiveness1838 impenetrability1847 unreceptivity1849 unsusceptibility1850 woodenness1854 unimpressionability1862 irresponsiveness1864 unresponsiveness1869 impassibleness1874 irreceptivity1881 unimpressibility1889 apatheia1893 inemotivity1894 affectlessness1921 insensitivity1957 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 51 So many Circumstances of Insensibility and hardiness of Mind are urged. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 150 I heard this News with the utmost Insensibility . View more context for this quotation 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 787 The least affliction prompts them to suicide..and they put an end to their days with great apparent insensibility. 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 239 I often wonder at my hardheartedness and insensibility, when I reflect on the earnest and affecting entreaties of these dear friends. b. Const. of, to. ΚΠ 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 562 An utter insensibility of any good, or kindness done him by others. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. 497 One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness of the Creator is the very extensiveness of his bounty. a1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. ii. iii. 253 Insensibility to the common objects of human cupidity. 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