indifference
nounattested in dialogue
- //ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns//
- //ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns//
The state of being indifferent.
noun
- 1
The state of being indifferent.
"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
Unbiased impartiality.
- 3
Unemotional apathy.
His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
I wish the consequences of this moment for young women punctured the apparent indifference of so many men and boys I saw that day.
- 4
A lack of enthusiasm.
- 5
Unconcerned nonchalance.
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.
- 6
Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
"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.
Forms
- plural
- indifferences