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nonemotional

e·mo·tion·al
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ih-moh-shuh-nl]
    • /ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ih-moh-shuh-nl]
    • /ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl/

Definitions of nonemotional word

  • adjective nonemotional pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions. 1
  • adjective nonemotional subject to or easily affected by emotion: We are an emotional family, given to demonstrations of affection. 1
  • adjective nonemotional appealing to the emotions: an emotional request for contributions. 1
  • adjective nonemotional showing or revealing very strong emotions: an emotional scene in a play. 1
  • adjective nonemotional actuated, effected, or determined by emotion rather than reason: An emotional decision is often a wrong decision. 1
  • adjective nonemotional governed by emotion: He is in a highly emotional state of mind. 1
See all 8 definitions of nonemotional

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Origin of nonemotional

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; emotion + -al1

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Parts of speech for Nonemotional

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Nonemotional

nonemotional popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for nonemotional

adjective nonemotional

  • undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
  • unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
  • deadpan — Deadpan humour is when you appear to be serious and are hiding the fact that you are joking or teasing someone.
  • detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
  • dispassionate — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
All 33 Synonyms of nonemotional

Antonyms for nonemotional

adjective nonemotional

  • biased — If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased.
  • biassed — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
  • emotional — Of or relating to a person's emotions.
  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
All 8 Antonyms of nonemotional

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