impassivity
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His lack of verbal expression, however, did not reveal impassivity.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2019
This was a performance, of course: Sanders’ impassivity was selective, and she was adept at acting like it was the media’s reaction that was strange.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2019
But the duke, who has already suffered so much, can only listen with the solemn impassivity of someone who has outlived his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
Other splendid actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Rose Byrne, are constrained to rather literal and stiff deliveries of needed plot details; Fassbender is limited to a seemingly disengaged cartoonish impassivity.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2016
At the mention of Coram van Texel, Hannah glanced at Lord Nugent, who returned her look with bland impassivity.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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