indifference

See also: indifférence

English

Etymology

From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia

Pronunciation

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Noun

indifference (plural indifferences)

1. The state of being indifferent.
2. Unbiased impartiality.
3. Unemotional apathy.
   • His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she was even human.
4. A lack of enthusiasm.
5. Unconcerned nonchalance.
   • 1897, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, The Celebrity^[1]:

     I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

Translations

the state of being indifferent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不關心, 不关心 (bùguānxīn), 冷淡 (zh) (lěngdàn)

• Czech: lhostejnost f
• Dutch: onverschilligheid (nl) f
• Finnish: välinpitämättömyys (fi), penseys
• French: indifférence (fr) f
• German: Gleichgültigkeit f
• Greek: αδιαφορία (el) f (adiaforía)
• Hebrew: אֲדִישׁוּת (adishot) f
• Hungarian: közöny (hu)
• Ido: indiferenteso (io)

• Japanese: 無関心 (ja) (むかんしん, mukanshin), 冷淡さ (ja) (れいたんさ, reitan-sa)
• Polish: obojętność (pl)
• Portuguese: indiferença (pt) f
• Romanian: indiferență (ro) f
• Russian: безразличие (ru) n (bezrazlíčije), равнодушие (ru) n (ravnodúšije)
• Serbo-Croatian: ravnodušnost f, равнодушност f
• Spanish: indiferencia (es) f
• Swedish: likgiltighet (sv)