Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n.
impassiveness n : apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: {emotionlessness}, {impassivity}, {phlegm}, {indifference}, {stolidity}, {unemotionality}]