Dictionary Definition
insensitivity n : the inability to respond to
affective changes in your interpersonal environment [syn: insensitiveness] [ant:
sensitivity,
sensitivity]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The condition of being insensitive
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Philistinism, analgesia, anesthesia, armor, bad manners, caddishness, callosity, callousness, callus, casualness, coarseness, coldbloodedness,
coldheartedness,
coldness, crudeness, crudity of
intellect, deadness,
discourteousness,
discourtesy,
dullness, electronarcosis,
flintiness,
formidable defenses, gross behavior, grossness, hard heart, hard
shell, hardenedness, hardheartedness,
hardness, hardness of
heart, heart of stone, heartlessness, ill
breeding, ill manners, impassibility, imperception, imperceptiveness,
imperceptivity,
impercipience,
imperviousness,
impoliteness,
imprudence, incivility, inconsiderateness,
indiscreetness,
indiscretion,
indiscriminateness,
indiscrimination,
induration, insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness,
insentience,
inurbanity, inuredness, lack of feeling,
lack of refinement, loutishness, mannerlessness, narcosis, narcotization, numbness, obduracy, obdurateness, obtuseness, offensiveness, pins and
needles, pitilessness, promiscuity, promiscuousness,
rhinoceros hide, rudeness, stoniness, syncretism, tactlessness, thick skin,
uncourtliness,
uncriticalness,
undiscriminatingness,
undiscriminativeness,
unfastidiousness,
unfeeling, unfeelingness, ungallantness, ungentlemanliness,
ungraciousness,
unmannerliness,
unmercifulness,
unmeticulousness,
unnaturalness,
unparticularness,
unperceptiveness,
unpoliteness,
unpreciseness,
unresponsiveness,
unselectiveness,
unsolicitousness,
untactfulness,
vulgarity