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UNEMOTIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
restrained; reticent; unemotional
Classified under:
Similar:
undemonstrative (not given to open expression of emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
Classified under:
Similar:
chilly (not characterized by emotion)
dry (lacking warmth or emotional involvement)
impassive; stolid (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited)
philosophic; philosophical (characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment)
phlegmatic; phlegmatical (showing little emotion)
stoic; stoical (seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive)
unblinking (showing no visible emotion)
Also:
unaffected; unmoved; untouched (emotionally unmoved)
unmoving (not arousing emotions)
passionless (not passionate)
cool (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Derivation:
unemotionality (absence of emotion)