"insensibility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insensibilities [plural]
Etymology: From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|insensibilité}} Old French insensibilité, {{der|en|LL.|insensibilitas}} Late Latin insensibilitas Head templates: {{en-noun}} insensibility (plural insensibilities)
  1. The property of being insensible. Synonyms: insensibleness Translations (the property of being insensible): безчувственост (bezčuvstvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), indolentia [feminine] (Latin), insensibilidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-insensibility-en-noun-nT3BVvZ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English_6-syllable_words

Inflected forms

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