Definitions

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  • adjective Not emotional; unrelated to emotion

Etymologies

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non- +‎ emotional

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Examples

  • Rapp waited for a pause and then asked in a confident, nonemotional tone, “Are you done?”

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Rapp waited for a pause and then asked in a confident, nonemotional tone, “Are you done?”

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Rapp waited for a pause and then asked in a confident, nonemotional tone, “Are you done?”

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Rapp waited for a pause and then asked in a confident, nonemotional tone, “Are you done?”

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • After writing down just a few dialogues, you will find yourself struck by what narrow, predictable exchanges you have been engaged in: either the nonemotional logistics of time management or interactions that quickly escalate into blow-ups.

    Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009

  • After writing down just a few dialogues, you will find yourself struck by what narrow, predictable exchanges you have been engaged in: either the nonemotional logistics of time management or interactions that quickly escalate into blow-ups.

    Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009

  • Even then his statements were legalistic, nonemotional, and not autobiographical in nature.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Even then his statements were legalistic, nonemotional, and not autobiographical in nature.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Even then his statements were legalistic, nonemotional, and not autobiographical in nature.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Thus very emotional events tend to be written into memory more strongly than nonemotional events.

    Why We Believe What We Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

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