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callousness
Callousness (noun) means a lack of concern or feeling for other people.
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1
A lack of concern or feeling for other people.
"To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable."
— Saki pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro, The Soul of Laploshka (1910)
"Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him."
2
The state of having hard, thickened patches of skin.
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What is the meaning of callousness?
"callousness" (noun) means a lack of concern or feeling for other people.
What is another word for callousness?
Other words for "callousness" include insensibility, hardness, unfeelingness, callosity.
What is the opposite of callousness?
The opposite of "callousness" is feeling.
What are the different meanings of callousness?
"callousness" has 2 main meanings: 1. A lack of concern or feeling for other people; 2. The state of having hard, thickened patches of skin.
