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Is there a term for the phenomenon of people becoming desensitized to people's suffering, or used to dealing with it without becoming emotionally entangled or upset, in the way that, say, doctors or policemen or even firemen do? I am sure I have heard someone say something like "When you see it every day you become <this word>".
I don't mean detached or dissonant, and I can't find what I'm looking for in the standard thesauruses (thesauri ?). Please help, it's bugging me that I can't remember it.
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Is there a term for the phenomenon of people becoming desensitized to people's suffering, or used to dealing with it without becoming emotionally entangled or upset, in the way that, say, doctors or policemen or even firemen do? I am sure I have heard someone say something like "When you see it every day you become <this word>".
I don't mean detached or dissonant, and I can't find what I'm looking for in the standard thesauruses (thesauri ?). Please help, it's bugging me that I can't remember it.
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What about this word is better than desensitized? That seems as if it conveys what you're asking about pretty well.
– Jim Mack
44 mins ago
Possibly disinterested , it is not quite what most people assume.
– Cascabel
27 mins ago
Thanks for your input folks, it's not a case of 'better' really, it is that I know there is a word that I can't remember, and I am hoping that someone in this intelligent community will know it and say "Oh, you mean ------", and I'll go yay <punches the air>, and can finally stop trying to recall it and get some sleep :-)
– Dick_Knipple
15 mins ago
I'm sorry, but these kinds of questions i.e. "I'm thinking of a word...what is it?" do not do well here unless you can provide more context.
– Cascabel
13 mins ago
Also, you need to provide a sample sentence with a blank in it to insert the target language per theSWR tag you selected.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
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Is there a term for the phenomenon of people becoming desensitized to people's suffering, or used to dealing with it without becoming emotionally entangled or upset, in the way that, say, doctors or policemen or even firemen do? I am sure I have heard someone say something like "When you see it every day you become <this word>".
I don't mean detached or dissonant, and I can't find what I'm looking for in the standard thesauruses (thesauri ?). Please help, it's bugging me that I can't remember it.
single-word-requests
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Is there a term for the phenomenon of people becoming desensitized to people's suffering, or used to dealing with it without becoming emotionally entangled or upset, in the way that, say, doctors or policemen or even firemen do? I am sure I have heard someone say something like "When you see it every day you become <this word>".
I don't mean detached or dissonant, and I can't find what I'm looking for in the standard thesauruses (thesauri ?). Please help, it's bugging me that I can't remember it.
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What about this word is better than desensitized? That seems as if it conveys what you're asking about pretty well.
– Jim Mack
44 mins ago
Possibly disinterested , it is not quite what most people assume.
– Cascabel
27 mins ago
Thanks for your input folks, it's not a case of 'better' really, it is that I know there is a word that I can't remember, and I am hoping that someone in this intelligent community will know it and say "Oh, you mean ------", and I'll go yay <punches the air>, and can finally stop trying to recall it and get some sleep :-)
– Dick_Knipple
15 mins ago
I'm sorry, but these kinds of questions i.e. "I'm thinking of a word...what is it?" do not do well here unless you can provide more context.
– Cascabel
13 mins ago
Also, you need to provide a sample sentence with a blank in it to insert the target language per theSWR tag you selected.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
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What about this word is better than desensitized? That seems as if it conveys what you're asking about pretty well.
– Jim Mack
44 mins ago
Possibly disinterested , it is not quite what most people assume.
– Cascabel
27 mins ago
Thanks for your input folks, it's not a case of 'better' really, it is that I know there is a word that I can't remember, and I am hoping that someone in this intelligent community will know it and say "Oh, you mean ------", and I'll go yay <punches the air>, and can finally stop trying to recall it and get some sleep :-)
– Dick_Knipple
15 mins ago
I'm sorry, but these kinds of questions i.e. "I'm thinking of a word...what is it?" do not do well here unless you can provide more context.
– Cascabel
13 mins ago
Also, you need to provide a sample sentence with a blank in it to insert the target language per theSWR tag you selected.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
What about this word is better than desensitized? That seems as if it conveys what you're asking about pretty well.
– Jim Mack
44 mins ago
What about this word is better than desensitized? That seems as if it conveys what you're asking about pretty well.
– Jim Mack
44 mins ago
Possibly disinterested , it is not quite what most people assume.
– Cascabel
27 mins ago
Possibly disinterested , it is not quite what most people assume.
– Cascabel
27 mins ago
Thanks for your input folks, it's not a case of 'better' really, it is that I know there is a word that I can't remember, and I am hoping that someone in this intelligent community will know it and say "Oh, you mean ------", and I'll go yay <punches the air>, and can finally stop trying to recall it and get some sleep :-)
– Dick_Knipple
15 mins ago
Thanks for your input folks, it's not a case of 'better' really, it is that I know there is a word that I can't remember, and I am hoping that someone in this intelligent community will know it and say "Oh, you mean ------", and I'll go yay <punches the air>, and can finally stop trying to recall it and get some sleep :-)
– Dick_Knipple
15 mins ago
I'm sorry, but these kinds of questions i.e. "I'm thinking of a word...what is it?" do not do well here unless you can provide more context.
– Cascabel
13 mins ago
I'm sorry, but these kinds of questions i.e. "I'm thinking of a word...what is it?" do not do well here unless you can provide more context.
– Cascabel
13 mins ago
Also, you need to provide a sample sentence with a blank in it to insert the target language per theSWR tag you selected.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
Also, you need to provide a sample sentence with a blank in it to insert the target language per theSWR tag you selected.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
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What about this word is better than desensitized? That seems as if it conveys what you're asking about pretty well.
– Jim Mack
44 mins ago
Possibly disinterested , it is not quite what most people assume.
– Cascabel
27 mins ago
Thanks for your input folks, it's not a case of 'better' really, it is that I know there is a word that I can't remember, and I am hoping that someone in this intelligent community will know it and say "Oh, you mean ------", and I'll go yay <punches the air>, and can finally stop trying to recall it and get some sleep :-)
– Dick_Knipple
15 mins ago
I'm sorry, but these kinds of questions i.e. "I'm thinking of a word...what is it?" do not do well here unless you can provide more context.
– Cascabel
13 mins ago
Also, you need to provide a sample sentence with a blank in it to insert the target language per theSWR tag you selected.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago