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A casual lack of concern
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indifference
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WordNet
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n. unbiased impartial unconcern apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness , impassivity , impassiveness , phlegm , stolidity , unemotionality ] the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being indifferent. 2 unbiased impartiality. 3 unemotional apathy. 4 A lack of enthusiasm. 5 unconcerned nonchalance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin indifferentia "want of difference, similarity," noun of quality from indifferentem (see indifferent ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE apparent ▪ Both contrasted this apparent indifference with the West's readiness to criticize the damaging of rainforest by logging. public ▪ He is resigned to public indifference to the benefits of efficiency, as ...
Usage examples of indifference.
He heard what I had to say with a good deal of indifference, till I showed him the portrait.
Most disturbing was the same appalling indifference to sanitation that Adams knew from Dr.
Whatever the reason, Akim had finally been jolted out of his indifference toward Mangus, and it was up to Daulo now to fan that flame.
The petitions which were offered on the altars of Jupiter or Apollo, expressed the anxiety of their worshippers for temporal happiness, and their ignorance or indifference concerning a future life.
I am told he openly professed the most entire indifference to animal suffering, and he only gave anaesthetics to keep the animals quiet!
That Ardea should have lost all scruples, and that he should wish to sell his title of a Roman prince at as high a price as possible, to no matter what bidder, is so much the more a matter of indifference, for we Venetians do not allow ourselves to be imposed upon by the Roman nobility.
And I lay asprawl upon my arms on the table watching them with the stupid indifference I thought I could so well afford.
Phineas Babbitt, however, continued to express dislike, or, at the most, indifference.
Tom was the oldest, a dark-haired banty rooster with a look of sleepy indifference that masked his intensity.
The contemporaries of Moses and Joshua had beheld with careless indifference the most amazing miracles.
If, on the other hand, we recollect the universal toleration of Polytheism, as it was invariably maintained by the faith of the people, the incredulity of philosophers, and the policy of the Roman senate and emperors, we are at a loss to discover what new offence the Christians had committed, what new provocation could exasperate the mild indifference of antiquity, and what new motives could urge the Roman princes, who beheld without concern a thousand forms of religion subsisting in peace under their gentle sway, to inflict a severe punishment on any part of their subjects, who had chosen for themselves a singular but an inoffensive mode of faith and worship.
Yankee shrewdness, great commonsense, all flavored with a dash of mysticism and indifference to physical scientific accuracy.
She could almost invariably tell when Condy held a good hand, but on her part could assume an air of indifference absolutely inscrutable.
Do not abandon the memory by slipping into daydreamy indifference toward it.
Her expression had not changed, and Domini was amazed at her indifference.