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Indifference [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Equipoise or neutrality of mind between different persons or things; a state in which the mind is not inclined to one side more than the other; as when we see a contest of parties with indifference

2. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession or bias; as when we read a book on controverted points with indifference [This is a different application of the first definition.

3. Unconcernedness; a state of the mind when it feels no anxiety or interest in what is presented to it. No person of humanity can behold the wretchedness of the poor with indifference

4. State in which there is no difference, or in which no moral or physical reason preponderates; as when we speak of the indifference of things in themselves.

Indifference [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.

2. Passableness; mediocrity.

3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.

4. Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.

Incuriosity Roget’s Thesaurus §456

N. incuriosity, incuriousness, insouciance, indifference, lack of interest, disinterest, boredom, ennui (weariness) 841, satiety, foreknowledge (foresight) 510

V. be incurious, have no curiosity, take no interest in, mind one's own business

Adj. incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent, impassive, uninterested, detached, aloof

Unwillingness Roget’s Thesaurus §603

N. unwillingness, indisposition, indisposedness, disinclination, aversation, nolleity, nolition, renitence, renitency, reluctance, indifference, backwardness, slowness, want of alacrity, want of readiness, indocility, scrupulousness, scrupulosity, qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience, delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil, hesitation, fastidiousness, averseness, dissent, refusal

V. be unwilling, nill, dislike, grudge, begrudge, not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to, demur, stick at, scruple, stickle, hang fire, run rusty, recoil, shrink, swerve, hesitate, avoid, oppose, dissent, refuse

Adj. unwilling, not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content, adverse, laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to, indifferent, scrupulous, squeamish, repugnant, restiff|, restive, demurring, unconsenting, involuntary

Adv. unwillingly, grudgingly, with a heavy heart, with a bad, with an ill grace, against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain, invita minerva, a contre caeur, malgre soi, in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself, nolens volens, perforce, under protest, no, not for the world, far be it from me

Absence of Choice Roget’s Thesaurus §609a

N. no choice, hobson's choice, first come # first served, random selection, necessity, not a pin to choose, any, the first that comes, that or nothing, neutrality, indifference, indecision, arbitrariness, coercion (compulsion) 744

V. be neutral, have no choice, have no election, waive, not vote, abstain from voting, refrain from voting, leave undecided, "make a virtue of necessity"

Adj. neutral, neuter, indifferent, uninterested, undecided

Adv. either

Phr. who cares? what difference does it make? "there's not a dime's worth of difference between them."

Indifference Roget’s Thesaurus §866

N. indifference, neutrality, coldness, anaphrodisia, unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness, anorexy, anorexia, inappetency, apathy, supineness, disdain, recklessness, inattention, anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion- queller

V. be indifferent, stand neuter, take no interest in, have no desire for, have no taste for, have no relish for, not care for, care nothing for, care nothing about, not care a straw about, not care a fig for, not care a whit about, not mind, set at naught, spurn

Adj. indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil- may-care, careless, listless, lackadaisical, half-hearted, unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted, aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to, insipid, vain

Adv. for aught one cares

Phr. i couldn't care less, i could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts

Int. never mind, who cares? whatever you like, whatever