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The definition of impassive is someone who is calm and not feeling pain.

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An example of impassive is an experienced doctor in an emergency room.

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See impassive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not feeling pain; not liable to suffering; insensible
not feeling or showing emotion; placid; calm

Origin: < in- + passive

Related Forms:

impassively adverb
impassivity noun or impassiveness

See impassive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Devoid of or not subject to emotion.
Revealing no emotion; expressionless.
Archaic Incapable of physical sensation.
Motionless; still.

Origin:

Origin: in-¹

Origin: + passive, suffering (obsolete)

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Related Forms:

im·pasˈsive·ly adverb

im·pasˈsive·ness, imˌpas·sivˈi·ty noun

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