Etymology
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callous + -ness
callousness (usually uncountable, plural callousnesses)
- The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
- Synonyms: callosity, hardheartedness, insensitivity
Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.
- The quality of having calluses.
Translations
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quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference
- Dutch: ongevoeligheid (nl) f
- Finnish: kylmäverisyys (fi), kylmäsydämisyys (fi)
- French: insensibilité (fr)
- Galician: insensibilidade (gl), desconsideración (gl), indiferenza, desdén
- German: Gefühllosigkeit (de) f, Unempfindlichkeit (de) f, Abgebrühtheit f, Herzlosigkeit (de) f, Kaltschnäuzigkeit (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹 f (daubei), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (daubiþa), 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 (harduhairtei)
- Greek:
- Ancient: πώρωσις f (pṓrōsis)
- Irish: cruachroíocht f
- Polish: bezduszność (pl) f, znieczulica (pl) f
- Russian: бесчу́вственность (ru) f (besčúvstvennostʹ)
- Turkish: katılık (tr)
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quality of having calluses
