INSENSIBILITY


Meaning of INSENSIBILITY in English

/ ɪnˌsensəˈbɪlətɪ; NAmE / noun [ U ]

1.

( formal ) the state of being unconscious

2.

the fact of not being able to react to a particular thing :

insensibility to pain

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : partly from Old French insensibilite or late Latin insensibilitas (from in- not + Latin sensibilis sensible, from sensus sense), partly from in- without + sensibility .

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