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Disinterest

Disinterest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disinterest? [n] tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disinterest: neutrality Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disinterest: accidia \| acedia \| aloofness \| altruism \| apathy \| ataraxia \| ataraxy \| benumbedness \| blah \| blahs \| blunt \| boredom \| carelessness \| casualness \| chill \| comatoseness \| commitment \| consecration \| cool \| damp \| dampen \| dedication \| deflect \| detachment \| deter \| devotion \| disaffect \| discourage \| disincline \| disinterestedness \| dispassion \| dispassionateness \| disregard \| disregardfulness \| distract \| divert \| dullness \| easygoingness \| heartlessness \| hebetude \| heedlessness \| hopelessness \| humility \| impartiality \| impassiveness \| impassivity \| inappetence \| inattention \| incuriosity \| incuriousness \| indifference \| indifferentism \| indifferentness \| indiscrimination \| indispose \| inexcitability \| insouciance \| intellectual inertia \| lack of affect \| lack of appetite \| lack of interest \| lackadaisicalness \| languidness \| lassitude \| lethargicalness \| lethargy \| listlessness \| loftiness \| mindlessness \| modesty \| negligence \| neutrality \| nonchalance \| numbness \| Olympian detachment \| passiveness \| passivity \| phlegm \| phlegmaticalness \| phlegmaticness \| plucklessness \| pococurantism \| put off \| quench \| recklessness \| regardlessness \| repel \| resignation \| resignedness \| sacrifice \| self-abasement \| self-abnegation \| self-denial \| self-devotion \| self-effacement \| self-forgetfulness \| self-immolation \| selflessness \| self-neglect \| self-neglectfulness \| self-renouncement \| self-sacrifice \| self-subjection \| sloth \| sluggishness \| sopor \| soporifousness \| spiritlessness \| spunklessness \| stolidity \| stupefaction \| stupor \| supineness \| torpidity \| torpidness \| torpor \| turn aside \| turn away \| turn from \| turn off \| unacquisitiveness \| unanxiousness \| unbias \| unbiasedness \| unconcern \| uninquisitiveness \| uninterestedness \| unmindfulness \| unpossessiveness \| unselfishness \| unsolicitousness \| wean from \| withdrawal \| withdrawnness See Also \| tolerance Disinterest In Webster's Dictionary \Disin"terest\, p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. --Jer. Taylor. \Disin"terest\, n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] --Glanvill. 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson. \Disin"terest\, v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] --Feltham.

Disinterest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disinterest?

[n] tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disinterest: neutrality

See Also | tolerance

Disinterest In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*in"ter*est\, p. a.
Disinterested. [Obs.]

      The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest
      and even.                                --Jer. Taylor.


\Dis*in"ter*est\, n.
1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.
   [Obs.] --Glanvill.

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private
   advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson.


\Dis*in"ter*est\, v. t.
To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.]
--Feltham.

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