Indifference

//ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being indifferent. countable, uncountable

    ""I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken.""

  2. 2
    the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally wordnet
  3. 3
    Unbiased impartiality. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern wordnet
  5. 5
    Unemotional apathy. countable, uncountable

    "His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied."

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  1. 6
    apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions wordnet
  2. 7
    A lack of enthusiasm. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    unbiased impartial unconcern wordnet
  4. 9
    Unconcerned nonchalance. countable, uncountable

    "I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper."

  5. 10
    Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference. countable, uncountable

    ""I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total indifference of the subjective and objective.""

Etymology

From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia. By surface analysis, in- + difference.

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