In-sĕn'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.
n. [Fr. insensibilité, Pr. insensibilitat, Sp. insensibilidad, It. insensibilità.]
- The quality of being insensible; want of sensibility, or the power of feeling or perceiving; torpor; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
- Want of power to be readily or strongly moved or affected; want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion and passion; dullness; stupidity.
Syn.—Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor; apathy; indifference.