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insensitiveness

DEFINITIONS OF: insensitiveness

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n the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

Synonyms:
insensitivity
Antonyms:
sensitiveness, sensitivity
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Types:
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crassitude, crassness
the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
tin ear
insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
unperceptiveness
the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding
unkindness
lack of sympathy
dullness
lack of sensibility
unhelpfulness
an inability to be helpful
inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness
the quality of failing to be considerate of others
Type of:
inability, unfitness
lacking the power to perform
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