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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement;
[syn: disinterest, neutrality]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disinterest n 1: tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement [syn: disinterest, neutrality]