Definitions for callousness
cal·lous·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibilitynoun

   devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. callousnessnoun

   The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

   Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Callousnessnoun

   Etymology: from callous.

   1. Hardness; induration of the fibres.

   The oftner we use the organs of touching, the more of these scales are formed, and the skin becomes the thicker, and so a callousness grows upon it. George Cheyne, Philosoph. Principles.

   2. Insensibility.

   If they let go their hope of everlasting life with willingness, and entertain final perdition with exultation, ought they not to be esteemed destitute of common sense, and abandoned to a callousness and numbness of soul? Richard Bentley.

Matched Categories

1. • Insensitivity

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of callousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of callousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of callousness in a Sentence

1. Orange County District:

   A monster with a gun murdered a little boy on his way to kindergarten – because he was cut off on the freeway, the callousness of this crime is unspeakable, but the fact that this couple continued to hide out in plain sight knowing full well they killed a 6-year-old child while Aiden’s grieving parents pleaded with the killers to come forward is [unforgivable].

2. Ron Hernandez:

   I would go as far as theyre concerned for the community, if theyre willing to do this to law enforcement, then what would they do to your average citizen? They cant believe the callousness of a person that preys on law enforcement.

3. Peter Saunders:

   He has a catalog of denigrating people, of acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic I would go as far as to say, this lack of care.

4. Jacob Blake:

   The juror's mentality shows his bias and callousness and he should be nowhere near the jury box in this case, it shows the depravity and racism and the lowness of a member of a jury that was selected in one day.

5. Peter Saunders:

   He is making a mockery of the papal commission (into child abuse), of the Pope himself, but most of all of the victims and the survivors, he has a catalog of denigrating people, of acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic I would go as far as to say, this lack of care.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=callousness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Callousness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=callousness