'Indifference' definitions:
Definition of 'indifference'
(from WordNet)
noun
Unbiased impartial unconcern
noun
Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality]
noun
The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness]
noun
The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference]
Definition of 'Indifference'
From: GCIDE
- Indifference \In*dif"fer*ence\, n. [L. indifferentia similarity, lack of difference: cf. F. indiff['e]rence.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; lack of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Passableness; mediocrity. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs. [1913 Webster]
- Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are highest importance. --Addison.
- Syn: Carelessness; negligence; unconcern; apathy; insensibility; coldness; lukewarmness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indifference'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abeyance,
- absentmindedness,
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- acedia,
- alienation,
- aloofness,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- benumbedness,
- blah,
- blahs,
- boredom,
- callousness,
- careless abandon,
- carelessness,
- casualness,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- catatonic stupor,
- coldness,
- comatoseness,
- compulsion,
- coolness,
- cursoriness,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- disinterest,
- disinterestedness,
- dispassion,
- dispassionateness,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- distraction,
- dormancy,
- drowsiness,
- dullness,
- easiness,
- easygoingness,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- enervation,
- ennui,
- entropy,
- equitability,
- equitableness,
- euphoria,
- evenhandedness,
- fairishness,
- fairness,
- fatigue,
- flightiness,
- flippancy,
- folie du doute,
- forgetfulness,
- frivolousness,
- giddiness,
- hastiness,
- heartlessness,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- heedlessness,
- hopelessness,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- immateriality,
- impartiality,
- impassiveness,
- impassivity,
- impotence,
- imprecision,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inanimation,
- inappetence,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsequence,
- inconsequentiality,
- inconsiderableness,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconsideration,
- incuriosity,
- incuriousness,
- indevotion,
- indevoutness,
- indifferentism,
- indifferentness,
- indolence,
- ineffectuality,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- inferiority,
- inobservance,
- insensibility,
- insignificance,
- insouciance,
- intellectual inertia,
- irrelevance,
- jadedness,
- lack of appetite,
- lack of foresight,
- lack of interest,
- lackadaisicalness,
- lackluster,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- Laodiceanism,
- lassitude,
- latency,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- laziness,
- leniency,
- lenitude,
- lentor,
- lethargicalness,
- lethargy,
- levity,
- lifelessness,
- lightmindedness,
- listlessness,
- littleness,
- looseness,
- loosening,
- lotus-eating,
- low priority,
- lukewarm piety,
- mania,
- marginality,
- mediocreness,
- mediocrity,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- middlingness,
- moderateness,
- modestness,
- modesty,
- negligence,
- negligibility,
- neutrality,
- nonchalance,
- nonobservance,
- nonreligiousness,
- numbness,
- objectivity,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- obsession,
- offhandedness,
- oscitancy,
- overindulgence,
- overpermissiveness,
- passableness,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- perfunctoriness,
- permissiveness,
- pettiness,
- phlegm,
- phlegmaticalness,
- phlegmaticness,
- picayune,
- picayunishness,
- plucklessness,
- pococurantism,
- pokiness,
- preoccupation,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- puniness,
- recklessness,
- regardlessness,
- relaxation,
- relaxedness,
- remissness,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- respectability,
- satedness,
- secondariness,
- shallowness,
- slackness,
- sleepiness,
- slightness,
- sloppiness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- smallness,
- softness,
- somnolence,
- sopor,
- soporifousness,
- spiritlessness,
- sprezzatura,
- spunklessness,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- stasis,
- stolidity,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- superficiality,
- supineness,
- suspense,
- tactlessness,
- tediousness,
- thoughtlessness,
- tic,
- tolerableness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- triviality,
- twitching,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unbiasedness,
- unconcern,
- unconsciousness,
- undevoutness,
- undutifulness,
- unheedfulness,
- unimportance,
- unimpressiveness,
- uninquisitiveness,
- unintentiveness,
- uninterestedness,
- unmindfulness,
- unnoteworthiness,
- unobservance,
- unopinionatedness,
- unprejudicedness,
- unpreparedness,
- unreadiness,
- unreligiousness,
- unresponsiveness,
- unrestraint,
- unsolicitousness,
- unsolicitude,
- unthinkingness,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- vegetation,
- vis inertiae,
- weakness,
- weariness,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawnness,
- world-weariness