as in impassivity
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Noun
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His stoicism — his cautious belief in his own survival, his acceptance of inevitable damage — is heartbreaking.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025 -
As a Republican who preferred to talk about Marcus Aurelius rather than about Trump, Hurd seemed likely to have his stoicism challenged in the coming term.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The series is less effectively empathetic toward the victim or toward the plight of adolescent girls — though perhaps that’s a reflection of societal indifference.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Despite societal indifference toward syphilis, in the 2020s over 8 million new cases occur globally each year, particularly among racial minorities and low-income populations.—
Powel H. Kazanjian,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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Despite the change in appearance, Combs carried himself with the nonchalance of a man who was not staring down decades behind bars.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Tracee Ellis Ross’s midi knot is a study in the art of the sleek and simple updo, one that oozes chic nonchalance and modern romance.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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To complement these ladies navigating a sea of business attire by sexing it up with insouciance (as well as micro hemlines and plenty of sheer) were her male coworkers who dabbled in a bit of New Romantic touches.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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His coy narrative voice and audacious insouciance, thinly disguised under a patina of classical Oxford education and self-deprecating wit, amuse the reader for several hundred pages.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Most of Ukraine’s ravaged cultural sites are like the shelled Reims Cathedral: perhaps not directly targeted, but destroyed with ruthless unconcern.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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Marked by the artist’s apparent unconcern with conventional modeling and draftsmanship and by the velvety smoothness of his brushwork, the paintings exude an aura of quietude and utter perfection unrivaled in the work of his peers.—
Mary Tompkins Lewis,
WSJ,
26 Nov. 2022
Noun
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Machiavelli has a total disregard for ethical behavior — if such behavior does not achieve his ends.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2025
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Politics Political scientists alarmed by Trump's disregard for checks on the executive branch For now, the check on Trump's power is in federal courts, where more than 100 cases challenging his executive actions are underway.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As the disease worsens, cardinal symptoms include cough with or without phlegm and breathlessness, especially with exertion.—
Soma Mandal,
Verywell Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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Other common symptoms of CF include coughing attacks (often with phlegm), shortness of breath, greasy and bulky stools, rectal prolapse and constipation.—
Daryl Austin,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs then assumed the initiative by denying Peru's disinterestedness, charging Peru with seeking to injure Chilean interests by her nitrate measures, and with keeping secret the treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia.—
Edwin M. Borchard,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Oct. 2011
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The first had to do with the principle of disinterestedness, which called for partisan politics to be kept out of scholarship and the classroom.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2021
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“Stolidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolidity. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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