impassive
im·pas·sive
adjective
1.
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
- “her impassive remoteness”
- “he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight” Nordhoff & Hall
- “a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course” Virginia Woolf
- “her face showed nothing but stolid indifference”
2.
deliberately impassive in manner
- “deadpan humor”
- “his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read”
Origin
From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).
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