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indifference
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Indifference
(gcide) | Indifference \In*dif"fer*ence\, n. [L. indifferentia similarity,
lack of difference: cf. F. indiff['e]rence.]
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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.
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2. Passableness; mediocrity.
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3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or
bias.
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He . . . is far from such indifference and equity as
ought and must be in judges which he saith I assign.
--Sir T. More.
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4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is
presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire
indifference to all that occurs.
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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.
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indifference
(wn) | 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] |
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indifference curve
(encz) | indifference curve,indiferenční křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
indifference map
(encz) | indifference map,indiferenční mapa [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Indifference
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Passableness; mediocrity.
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3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or
bias.
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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.
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