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/ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns/
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/ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns/
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ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns
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The state of being indifferent.
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"I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken."
Unbiased impartiality.
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Unemotional apathy.
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His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
I wish the consequences of this moment for young women punctured the apparent indifference of so many men and boys I saw that day.
A lack of enthusiasm.
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Unconcerned nonchalance.
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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.
Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
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"I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total indifference of the subjective and objective."
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unbiased impartial unconcern
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apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
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the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
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