affectlessness

noun

affectlessness

noun

UK /ˈaˌfɛktləsnəs/

Etymology From affectless + -ness.

1

Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.

That is, she has an amoral affectlessness, a serene indifference to the suffering of others, which she invites and dispassionately observes as tests of her power.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

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