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[syn: disinterest, neutrality]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, p. a.
Disinterested. [Obs.]
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The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest
and even. --Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, n.
1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.
[Obs.] --Glanvill.
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2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private
advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, v. t.
To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.]
--Feltham.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disinterest
n 1: tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement [syn:
disinterest, neutrality]