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Meaning of Impassivity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The state of being impassive.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية عدم الشعور

Examples

“He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life.”
“[T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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