impassivity.

A lack of outward expression of emotion or response.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• facial impassivity
• maintain impassivity
• an expression of impassivity

On the page

Only the tightening of his hand disturbed his impassivity.

She maintained impassivity through the reading, then cried in the empty corridor.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.