noun
Meaning 1
The state of being indifferent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unconcern
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indifference
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Unbiased impartiality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Unemotional apathy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A lack of enthusiasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Unconcerned nonchalance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apathy, numbness, spiritlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passivity, passiveness
noun
Meaning 8
the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carefreeness
noun
Meaning 9
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apathy
noun
Meaning 10
unbiased impartial unconcern
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unconcern
Narrower terms: distance, aloofness, withdrawal, detachment
History
Etymology
From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia. By surface analysis, in- + difference.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَامُبَالَاة (lāmubālāh) — the state of being indifferent
- Armenian: անտարբերություն (antarberutʻyun) — the state of being indifferent
- Belarusian: абыя́касць (abyjákascʹ) — the state of being indifferent
- Belarusian: абыя́кавасць (abyjákavascʹ) — the state of being indifferent
- Belarusian: раўнаду́шнасць (rawnadúšnascʹ) — the state of being indifferent
- Belarusian: раўнаду́шша (rawnadúšša) — the state of being indifferent
- Bulgarian: безразли́чие (bezrazlíčie) — the state of being indifferent
- Bulgarian: равноду́шие (ravnodúšie) — the state of being indifferent
- Catalan: indiferència — the state of being indifferent
- Chinese Mandarin: 不關心 /不关心 (bùguānxīn) — the state of being indifferent
- Chinese Mandarin: 冷淡 (lěngdàn) — the state of being indifferent
- Czech: lhostejnost — the state of being indifferent
- Danish: ligegyldighed — the state of being indifferent
- Dutch: onverschilligheid — the state of being indifferent
- Esperanto: indiferenteco — the state of being indifferent
- Esperanto: malzorgo — the state of being indifferent
- Esperanto: neglekto — the state of being indifferent
- Finnish: välinpitämättömyys — the state of being indifferent
- Finnish: penseys — the state of being indifferent
- French: indifférence — the state of being indifferent
- Galician: indiferenza — the state of being indifferent
- German: Gleichgültigkeit — the state of being indifferent
- Greek: αδιαφορία (adiaforía) — the state of being indifferent
- Hebrew: אֲדִישׁוּת (adishút) — the state of being indifferent
- Hindi: उदासीनता (udāsīntā) — the state of being indifferent
- Hindi: बेरूख़ी (berūxī) — the state of being indifferent
- Hungarian: közöny — the state of being indifferent
- Ido: indiferenteso — the state of being indifferent
- Irish: fuarchúis — the state of being indifferent
- Italian: indifferenza — the state of being indifferent
- Japanese: 無関心 (mukanshin) — the state of being indifferent
- Japanese: 冷淡さ (reitan sa) — the state of being indifferent
- Korean: 무관심 (mugwansim) — the state of being indifferent
- Macedonian: рамнодушност (ramnodušnost) — the state of being indifferent
- Māori: arokore — the state of being indifferent
- Norwegian Bokmål: likegyldighet — the state of being indifferent
- Norwegian Nynorsk: likesæle — the state of being indifferent
- Polish: obojętność — the state of being indifferent
- Portuguese: indiferença — the state of being indifferent
- Romanian: indiferență — the state of being indifferent
- Russian: безразли́чие (bezrazlíčije) — the state of being indifferent
- Russian: равноду́шие (ravnodúšije) — the state of being indifferent
- Sanskrit: उदास (udāsa) — the state of being indifferent
- Serbo-Croatian: равно̀душно̄ст — the state of being indifferent
- Serbo-Croatian: ravnòdušnōst — the state of being indifferent
- Slovak: ľahostajnosť — the state of being indifferent
- Slovene: ravnodušnost — the state of being indifferent
- Spanish: indiferencia — the state of being indifferent
- Spanish: displicencia — the state of being indifferent
- Swedish: likgiltighet — the state of being indifferent
- Tagalog: kalatubaan — the state of being indifferent
- Turkish: ilgisizlik — the state of being indifferent
- Turkish: kayıtsızlık — the state of being indifferent
- Turkish: umursamazlık — the state of being indifferent
- Ukrainian: байду́жість (bajdúžistʹ) — the state of being indifferent
- Ukrainian: байду́жність (bajdúžnistʹ) — the state of being indifferent
- Ukrainian: рівноду́шшя (rivnodúššja) — the state of being indifferent
- Bulgarian: безпристра́стност (bezpristrástnost) — unbiased impartiality
- Hungarian: elfogulatlanság — unbiased impartiality
- Irish: fuarchúis — unbiased impartiality
- Russian: беспристра́стность (bespristrástnostʹ) — unbiased impartiality
- Bulgarian: равноду́шие (ravnodúšie) — unconcerned nonchalance
- Hungarian: közöny — unconcerned nonchalance
- Irish: fuarchúis — unconcerned nonchalance
- Russian: равноду́шие (ravnodúšije) — unconcerned nonchalance
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