Word Meanings - INDIFFERENCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,

Additional info about word: INDIFFERENCE

1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias. He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign. Sir T. More. 4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INDIFFERENCE)

• Apathy
• Indifference
• insensibility
• insusceptibility
• unconcern
• sluggishness
• hebetude
• Coolness
• Coldness
• indifference
• self-possession
• distance
• calmness
• Neutrality
• Non-interference

Related words: (words related to INDIFFERENCE)

• UNCONCERNMENT
  The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South.
• HEBETUDE
  Dullness; stupidity. Harvey.
• APATHY
  Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to
• INSENSIBILITY
  1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates. 2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity. Syn.
• COOLNESS
  1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness. 2. Calm impudence; self-possession.
• DISTANCE
  A space marked out in the last part of a race course. The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange. Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being
• SELF-POSSESSION
  The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
• CALMNESS
  The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose. The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham. Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett. Syn. -- Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose;
• NEUTRALITY
  The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4. (more info) 1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference. Men who possess
• UNCONCERN
  Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson.
• INDIFFERENCE
  1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,
• UNCONCERNED
  Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned
• INSUSCEPTIBILITY
  Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.
• UNCONCERNING
  Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one. Addison.
• COLDNESS
  The state or quality of being cold.
• EQUIDISTANCE
  Equal distance.
• INAPATHY
  Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy.
• THERMONEUTRALITY
  Neutrality as regards heat effects.