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    CALLOSITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartednessplay

    Synonyms:

    callosity; callousness; hardness; insensibility; unfeelingness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("callosity" is a kind of...):

    insensitiveness; insensitivity (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "callosity"):

    dullness (lack of sensibility)

    Derivation:

    callous (emotionally hardened)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)play

    Synonyms:

    callosity; callus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("callosity" is a kind of...):

    hardening (abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "callosity"):

    clavus; corn (a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes)

    Derivation:

    callous (having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear)

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