callousness
About 0.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.
- noun The quality of having calluses.
Similar words
insensibility unfeelingness hardness callosity cold-heartedness cruel-heartedness cold-heartednesses coldheartedness cruelheartedness uncompassionateness
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