English Explanatory Dictionary

nonemotional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not emotional; unrelated to emotion.

Pronunciation

/nɒnɪˈməʊʃənəl/ /nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/

Word forms

nonemotional non-emotional

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional English nonemotional From non- + emotional.

Synonyms

emotionless unemotional alexithymic apathistical clinical dull phlegmatic cold-blooded cold-hearted dead inside dispassionate immovable impassible impassive insensible nonemotional nonfeeling nonpassionate nonsentimental stolid unfeeling unmovable unpassionate unsentimental

Derived words

nonemotionally

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