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NOUN (4)

1. unbiased impartial unconcern;

2. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions;
[syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality]

3. the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally;
[syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness]

4. the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern;
[syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indifference \In*dif"fer*ence\, n. [L. indifferentia similarity, lack of difference: cf. F. indiff['e]rence.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; lack of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. [1913 Webster] 2. Passableness; mediocrity. [1913 Webster] 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias. [1913 Webster] He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] 4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indifference n 1: unbiased impartial unconcern 2: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality] 3: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness] 4: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference]