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- US Pronunciation
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- [ih-moh-shuh-nl]
- /ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ih-moh-shuh-nl]
- /ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl/
Definitions of nonemotional word
- adjective nonemotional pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions. 1
- adjective nonemotional subject to or easily affected by emotion: We are an emotional family, given to demonstrations of affection. 1
- adjective nonemotional appealing to the emotions: an emotional request for contributions. 1
- adjective nonemotional showing or revealing very strong emotions: an emotional scene in a play. 1
- adjective nonemotional actuated, effected, or determined by emotion rather than reason: An emotional decision is often a wrong decision. 1
- adjective nonemotional governed by emotion: He is in a highly emotional state of mind. 1
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Origin of nonemotional
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; emotion + -al1
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Parts of speech for Nonemotional
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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nonemotional popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nonemotional usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nonemotional
adjective nonemotional
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
- deadpan — Deadpan humour is when you appear to be serious and are hiding the fact that you are joking or teasing someone.
- detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
- dispassionate — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
Antonyms for nonemotional
adjective nonemotional
- biased — If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased.
- biassed — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
- emotional — Of or relating to a person's emotions.
- feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
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