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disinteressment

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

disinterest

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • 1709, Matthew Prior, Preface to Poems on Several Occasions he has managed some of the charges of the kingdom with known ability ; and laid them down with entire disinteressment

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History

Etymology

Compare French désintéressement.