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.
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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

/ ɪnˈdɪfrəns; -fərəns /

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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Origin of indifference¹

First recorded in 1400–50; 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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Example Sentences

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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It also alleges that university officials failed to stop Bomba, in effect allowing “a policy of deliberate indifference.”

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“That certainly factors into our idea that this is a murder case because of the reckless indifference to life,” Anderson said.

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But I couldn’t see his face, couldn’t register any indifference or jealousy, because his back was turned as he walked down the hall.

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Instead, they now come so often, follow such a familiar pattern, that indifference is perhaps beginning to set in.

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