insensibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a lack of sensibility
  2. noun devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
    callousness; callosity; hardness; unfeelingness.

WordNet

In*sen`si*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. insensibilité.
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
  2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity. Syn. -- Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor; apathy; impassiveness; indifference.

Webster 1913