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Emotional refrigeration: feelings kept fresh by never being served warm.
means A lack of warmth, either in temperature or in human affection and emotional responsiveness.
from From Old English 'cald' (cold) plus the noun-making suffix '-ness,' which turns a quality into a thing — chilliness made measurable, then made personal.
Double dutyDescribes both weather and indifferent humans.
Body languageCold shoulders predate central heating by centuries.
Survival twistEmotional coldness often protects, not just punishes.