indifference
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Definition of indifference
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being indifferent.
“"I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken."”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being indifferent.
“"I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken."”
- (countable, uncountable)Unbiased impartiality.
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(countable, uncountable)Unemotional apathy.
“His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.”
“I wish the consequences of this moment for young women punctured the apparent indifference of so many men and boys I saw that day.”
- (countable, uncountable)A lack of enthusiasm.
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(countable, uncountable)Unconcerned nonchalance.
“I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.”
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(countable, uncountable)Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
“"I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total indifference of the subjective and objective."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia. By surface analysis, in- + difference.
Words you can make from indifference
198 playable · top: DIFFERENCE (19 pts)
Best play difference 19 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
16 words6-letter words
42 words- DEFFER 13 pts
- DIFFER 13 pts
- NIFFED 13 pts
- REFFED 13 pts
- RIFFED 13 pts
- DEIFIC 12 pts
- FENCED 12 pts
- IFFIER 12 pts
- NIFFER 12 pts
- FENCER 11 pts
- FENNEC 11 pts
- FIERCE 11 pts
- DEFIER 10 pts
- DEFINE 10 pts
- FEEDER 10 pts
- FENDER 10 pts
- FINDER 10 pts
- FINNED 10 pts
- FRIEND 10 pts
- INFEED 10 pts
- REDFIN 10 pts
- REEFED 10 pts
- REFEED 10 pts
- REFIND 10 pts
- CINDER 9 pts
- DECERN 9 pts
- DECREE 9 pts
- DEICER 9 pts
- DICIER 9 pts
- EDENIC 9 pts
- FEIRIE 9 pts
- FERINE 9 pts
- RECEDE 9 pts
- REFINE 9 pts
- IRENIC 8 pts
- DENIER 7 pts
- DINNER 7 pts
- ENDRIN 7 pts
- INDENE 7 pts
- NEEDER 7 pts
- NEREID 7 pts
- REINED 7 pts
5-letter words
39 words- EFFED 12 pts
- FIFED 12 pts
- FIFER 11 pts
- FENCE 10 pts
- FICIN 10 pts
- DEFER 9 pts
- FIEND 9 pts
- FINED 9 pts
- FIRED 9 pts
- FREED 9 pts
- FRIED 9 pts
- REFED 9 pts
- CEDER 8 pts
- CERED 8 pts
- CIDER 8 pts
- CREED 8 pts
- CRIED 8 pts
- DEICE 8 pts
- DICER 8 pts
- FINER 8 pts
- FIREE 8 pts
- INFER 8 pts
- RICED 8 pts
- ICIER 7 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- NIECE 7 pts
- RICIN 7 pts
- DIENE 6 pts
- DINER 6 pts
- EIDER 6 pts
- ENDER 6 pts
- INDIE 6 pts
- INDRI 6 pts
- INNED 6 pts
- EERIE 5 pts
- INNER 5 pts
- INNIE 5 pts
- NINER 5 pts
- RENIN 5 pts
4-letter words
53 words- DIFF 11 pts
- FIEF 10 pts
- FIFE 10 pts
- NIFF 10 pts
- RIFF 10 pts
- FICE 9 pts
- DEFI 8 pts
- FEED 8 pts
- FEND 8 pts
- FIND 8 pts
- CEDE 7 pts
- CEDI 7 pts
- CRED 7 pts
- DICE 7 pts
- FERE 7 pts
- FERN 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FIRE 7 pts
- FIRN 7 pts
- FREE 7 pts
- ICED 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- REEF 7 pts
- REIF 7 pts
- RIFE 7 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- DEER 5 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DERE 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
- DREE 5 pts
- EIDE 5 pts
- IRED 5 pts
- IRID 5 pts
- NEED 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NIDI 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- RIDE 5 pts
- RIND 5 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NENE 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- EFF 9 pts
- IFF 9 pts
- DEF 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- FEE 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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