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词汇 callousness
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Definition of callousness in English:

callousness

noun ˈkaləsnəsˈkæləsnəs
mass noun
  • Insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

    the callousness of using children to send a political message
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such callousness, on an emotional level at least, clinches the case.
    • We risk becoming inured to tragedy, veering from empathy to callousness.
    • Her brother's callousness sometimes really struck home.
    • He would seem an obvious antidote to her mother's callousness.
    • The callousness of that administration contributed substantially to the avoidable suffering of citizens in the South.
    • He is staging a kind of sit-in to protest silently the callousness with which vulnerable refugees are treated the world over.
    • Yes, there is a callousness in the manner that people have abused the world.
    • I'm waiting for some kind of apology for their recent display of callousness.
    • You don't see that kind of callousness displayed in the leads of mainstream American movies.
    • I was embarrassed by my callousness in the face of my own ability to wreak minor havoc in the lives of others.

Definition of callousness in US English:

callousness

nounˈkaləsnəsˈkæləsnəs
  • Insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

    the callousness of using children to send a political message
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was embarrassed by my callousness in the face of my own ability to wreak minor havoc in the lives of others.
    • Yes, there is a callousness in the manner that people have abused the world.
    • You don't see that kind of callousness displayed in the leads of mainstream American movies.
    • He is staging a kind of sit-in to protest silently the callousness with which vulnerable refugees are treated the world over.
    • The callousness of that administration contributed substantially to the avoidable suffering of citizens in the South.
    • Her brother's callousness sometimes really struck home.
    • Such callousness, on an emotional level at least, clinches the case.
    • We risk becoming inured to tragedy, veering from empathy to callousness.
    • He would seem an obvious antidote to her mother's callousness.
    • I'm waiting for some kind of apology for their recent display of callousness.
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