as in apathy
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
the prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember
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Noun
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Image The cheeky line was a foil for her postpartum depression, which manifested in a potent mix of self-loathing, apathy for her son and rage toward her husband.—
Maggie Lange,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025 -
The killing, which has inspired a mix of public reactions from horror to apathy, has sparked larger conversations about public frustrations with America’s health insurance companies, healthcare costs and general denial of care.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Dec. 2024
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For some years, my larynx has been swimming in phlegm, the result of an undetermined ratio between reflux and postnasal drip.—
John McPhee,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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State of phlegm: From Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, metro hospitals admitted more people with influenza than any week in at least the previous five years, according to the latest Minnesota Department of Health data.—
Kyle Stokes,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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The idea of moving him into a role like this showed a shocking detachment from reality.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Online platforms and forums create a sense of detachment that reduces empathy and isolates people from the real human impact of their words, explains Dr. Chamorro.—
Libby Ryan,
Parents,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Numbness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbness. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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