indifference
Plural: indifferences
Noun
- unbiased impartial unconcern
- apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
- the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
- the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
- The state of being indifferent.
- Unbiased impartiality.
- Unemotional apathy.
- A lack of enthusiasm.
- Unconcerned nonchalance.
- Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
Examples
- His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia.
Synonyms
apathy, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, nonchalance, numbness, phlegm, spiritlessness, stolidity, unconcern, unemotionality
Scrabble Score: 21
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