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Synonyms for indifference
ɪnˈdɪf ər əns, -ˈdɪf rənsin·dif·fer·ence

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. indifference

    Apathy, according to its Greek derivation, is a simple absence of feeling or emotion. There are persons to whom a certain degree of apathy is natural, an innate sluggishness of the emotional nature. In the apathy of despair, a person gives up, without resistance or sensibility, to what he has fiercely struggled to avoid. While apathy is want of feeling, calmness is feeling without agitation. Calmness is the result of strength, courage, or trust; apathy is the result of dulness or weakness. Composure is freedom from agitation or disturbance, resulting ordinarily from force of will, or from perfect confidence in one's own resources. Impassibility is a philosophical term applied to the Deity, as infinitely exalted above all stir of passion or emotion. Unfeelingness, the Saxon word that should be the exact equivalent of apathy, really means more, a lack of the feeling one ought to have, a censurable hardness of heart. Indifference and insensibility designate the absence of feeling toward certain persons or things; apathy, entire absence of feeling. Indifference is a want of interest; insensibility is a want of feeling; unconcern has reference to consequences. We speak of insensibility of heart, immobility of countenance. Stoicism is an intentional suppression of feeling and deadening of sensibilities, while apathy is involuntary. Compare CALM; REST; STUPOR.

    Synonyms:
    apathy, calmness, composure, immobility, impassibility, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, tranquillity, unconcern, unfeelingness

    Antonyms:
    agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence, violence

    Preposition:
    The apathy of monastic life; apathy toward good.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 2 votes

  1. indifference

    Synonyms:
    triviality, unimportance, insignificance, coolness, carelessness, apathy, insensibility, composure

    Antonyms:
    importance, significance, weight, gravity, eagerness, interest, affection, ardor

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. indifferencenoun

    unbiased impartial unconcern

    Synonyms:
    phlegm, apathy, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, unconcern, numbness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionality

  2. emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionalitynoun

    apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

    Synonyms:
    sluggishness, spiritlessness, sputum, stolidness, flatness, emotionlessness, lethargy, languor, numbness, unemotionality, impassiveness, phlegm, impassivity, stoicism, nonchalance, apathy, stolidity, unconcern

  3. apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessnessnoun

    the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

    Synonyms:
    phlegm, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, apathy, unconcern, numbness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionality

  4. nonchalance, unconcern, indifferencenoun

    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

    Synonyms:
    nonchalance, impassivity, phlegm, unconcern, spiritlessness, numbness, apathy, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionality

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. indifferencenoun

    Synonyms:
    neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness, freedom from bias or prejudice

  2. indifferencenoun

    Synonyms:
    unconcernedness, apathy, coldness, carelessness, negligence, heedlessness, inattention, want of interest

  3. indifferencenoun

    Synonyms:
    triviality, unimportance, insignificance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. indifferencenoun

    Synonyms:
    apathy, coolness, negligence, unconcern, nonchalance, insouciance, mediocrity, inferiority, neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "indifference":

    apathy, disregard, neglect, recklessness, inattention, complacency

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#11158neglect
#18414disregard
#25345indifference
#28609apathy
#37017numbness
#38525tranquillity
#41342coolness
#41436stillness
#42263complacency
#46334composure
#51680sputum
#54283lethargy
#57236carelessness
#59387flatness
#59580calmness
#68540quietness
#75377inattention
#75706recklessness
#77967phlegm
#81049insignificance
#89110immobility
#91317quietude
#108653stoicism
#120897sluggishness
#137952triviality
#148084languor
#158236nonchalance
#189206insensibility
#229318unconcern
#272811unimportance

How to use indifference in a sentence?

  1. Plato:

    The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

  2. W. Somerset Maugham:

    Tolerance is another word for indifference.

  3. Elie Wiesel:

    Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile.

  4. Elie Wiesel:

    The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

  5. Andy Beshear:

    The charges brought against Officer Hankison state that Officer Hankison violated standard operating procedures when Officer Hankison actions displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life. The choice to bring these charges alone and so late highlights the indifference to human life shown by everyone involved in Breonna Taylors murder.


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