INDIFFERENCE Definition & Meaning

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indifference

[ in-dif-er-uhns, -dif-ruhns ]

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noun

lack of interest or concern:
We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
Antonyms: ,
unimportance; little or no concern:
Whether or not to attend the party is a matter of indifference to him.
the quality or condition of being indifferent.
mediocre quality; mediocrity.
Baseball. the absence of effort by the defense to prevent a stolen base:
For the second time this inning, a Brewer has taken second base on indifference.

indifference

/ 瑟n藞d瑟fr蓹ns; -f蓹r蓹ns /

noun

the fact or state of being indifferent; lack of care or concern
lack of quality; mediocrity
lack of importance; insignificance
See principle of indifference

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of indifference¹

First recorded in 1400鈥�50; late Middle English, variant of indifferency, from Latin indifferentia; indifferent, -ence, -ency

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Synonym Study

Indifference, unconcern, listlessness, apathy, insensibility all imply lack of feeling. Indifference denotes an absence of feeling or interest; unconcern, an absence of concern or solicitude, a calm or cool indifference in the face of what might be expected to cause uneasiness or apprehension; listlessness, an absence of inclination or interest, a languid indifference to what is going on about one; apathy, a profound intellectual and emotional indifference suggestive of faculties either naturally sluggish or dulled by emotional disturbance, mental illness, or prolonged sickness; insensibility, an absence of capacity for feeling or of susceptibility to emotional influences.

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I detect a curious paradox right now: anger confronts an expectation of widespread indifference.

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By leaning into those realities, taking a page from Charles' indifference to opinion and giving it her own cool spin, she could take her ambitions to a new level.

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鈥淪adly, there is widespread indifference to such suffering, which is even now taking place throughout our world.鈥�

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鈥淲e are witnessing what Plato said over 2,000 years ago: 鈥楾he price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.鈥欌€�

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Savage added that this joy in the face of institutional indifference to our suffering, our dancing into the small hours of the night, was indispensable for establishing political force and pushback during the AIDs crisis.

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