What are some alternative words for indifference?
Synonyms for indifference
ɪnˈdɪf ər əns, -ˈdɪf rəns
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Princeton's WordNet
indifference(noun)
unbiased impartial unconcern
Synonyms:
phlegm, apathy, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, unconcern, numbness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionalityemotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality(noun)
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, unconcernapathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness(noun)
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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phlegm, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, apathy, unconcern, numbness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionalitynonchalance, unconcern, indifference(noun)
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
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unfeelingnessAntonyms:
agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence, violencePreposition:
The apathy of monastic life; apathy toward good.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
indifference
Synonyms:
triviality, unimportance, insignificance, coolness, carelessness, apathy, insensibility, composureAntonyms:
importance, significance, weight, gravity, eagerness, interest, affection, ardor
Dictionary of English Synonymes
indifference(n.)
Synonyms:
neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness, freedom from bias or prejudiceindifference(n.)
Synonyms:
unconcernedness, apathy, coldness, carelessness, negligence, heedlessness, inattention, want of interestindifference(n.)
Synonyms:
triviality, unimportance, insignificance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
indifference(n)
Synonyms:
apathy, coolness, negligence, unconcern, nonchalance, insouciance, mediocrity, inferiority, neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "indifference":
apathy, disregard, neglect, recklessness, inattention, complacency
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#11158 | neglect | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#28609 | apathy | |
#37017 | numbness | |
#38525 | tranquillity | |
#41342 | coolness | |
#41436 | stillness | |
#42263 | complacency | |
#46334 | composure | |
#51680 | sputum | |
#54283 | lethargy | |
#57236 | carelessness | |
#59387 | flatness | |
#59580 | calmness | |
#68540 | quietness | |
#75377 | inattention | |
#75706 | recklessness | |
#77967 | phlegm | |
#81049 | insignificance | |
#89110 | immobility | |
#91317 | quietude | |
#108653 | stoicism | |
#120897 | sluggishness | |
#137952 | triviality | |
#148084 | languor | |
#158236 | nonchalance | |
#189206 | insensibility | |
#229318 | unconcern | |
#272811 | unimportance |
How to use indifference in a sentence?
It's hard for me to imagine the indifference that we've seen exhibited if this had happened in a much more affluent community.
The biggest threat to our democracy... is not one individual, it is not one big super PAC billionaires, it is apathy, it is indifference, it is us not doing what we are supposed to do.
Amtrak's indifference to New Jersey commuters and its abject neglect of the infrastructure that New Jersey and our entire region relies upon.
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.
Many will see the results of Friday's referendum as an indication that the Catholic Church in Ireland is regarded today by many with indifference and as having a marginal role in the formation of Irish culture.
Translations for indifference
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- lhostejnostCzech
- GleichgültigkeitGerman
- αδιαφορίαGreek
- malzorgo, indiferento, neglektoEsperanto
- indiferenciaSpanish
- penseys, välinpitämättömyysFinnish
- indifférenceFrench
- אֲדִישׁוּתHebrew
- közönyHungarian
- indiferentesoIdo
- 冷淡, 無関心Japanese
- onverschilligheidDutch
- likegyldighetNorwegian
- obojętnośćPolish
- indiferençaPortuguese
- indiferențăRomanian
- безразличие, равнодушиеRussian
- равнодушност, ravnodušnostSerbo-Croatian
- likgiltighetSwedish
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