| NOUN | feeling | phlegm, emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality | apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions |
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| body | phlegm, sputum | expectorated matter | |
| attribute | phlegm, languor, lethargy, sluggishness, flatness | inactivity / inactivity |
| Meaning | apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. | |
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| Synonyms | emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality | |
| Broader | apathy | An absence of emotion or enthusiasm |
| Spanish | apatía, flema, impasibilidad, impasividad, impavidez, imperturbabilidad, indiferencia | |
| Catalan | apatia, impassibilitat, indiferència | |
| Adjectives | phlegmatic, phlegmatical | showing little emotion |
| Meaning | expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness. | |
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| Synonym | sputum | |
| Broader | mucus, mucous secretion | Protective secretion of the mucus membranes |
| Spanish | esputo, flegma, flema | |
| Catalan | esput, flegma | |
| Adjectives | phlegmy | characterized by phlegm |
| Meaning | inactivity / inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy. | |
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| Synonyms | languor, lethargy, sluggishness, flatness | |
| Broader | inactiveness, inactivity, inertia | A disposition to remain inactive or inert |
| Spanish | languidez, letargo | |
| Catalan | letargia | |
| Adjectives | phlegmatic, phlegmatical | showing little emotion |
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