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lack of sympathy or pity; absence of compassion
The bureaucrat's uncompassion toward refugees drew public outrage.
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· lack of sympathy or pity;...
heartlessnesscallousnesspitilessnessruthlessnesscoldnessindifference
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Etymology
From un- ('not') + compassion, from Old French compassion, from Late Latin compassio ('fellow-feeling, suffering with'), from com- ('with, together') + pati ('to suffer').
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