Indifferency
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Impartiality, fairness, disinterestedness. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"Doe we thinke he will ever digest us, in the temper wee are in? which (to confesse the truth of the fashionable Christian) what is it but a state of neutrality, indifferency, or such a mediocrity, as will just serve the time, satisfie Law, or stand with reputation of neighbours?"
- 2 A lack of strong feeling; indifference. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"he was sometimes found in his house, bitterly scolding with his sister, for which being reproved, as he that wronged his indifferencie: What? said he; must this seely woman also serve as a witnesse to my rules?"
Example
More examples"Doe we thinke he will ever digest us, in the temper wee are in? which (to confesse the truth of the fashionable Christian) what is it but a state of neutrality, indifferency, or such a mediocrity, as will just serve the time, satisfie Law, or stand with reputation of neighbours?"
Etymology
From Latin indifferentia.
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