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Synonyms for indifference
ɪnˈdɪf ər əns, -ˈdɪf rənsin·dif·fer·ence
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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
Princeton's WordNet
indifferencenoun
unbiased impartial unconcern
Synonyms:
phlegm, apathy, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, unconcern, numbness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionalityemotionlessness, 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, unconcernapathy, 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, unemotionalitynonchalance, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
indifferencenoun
Synonyms:
neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness, freedom from bias or prejudiceindifferencenoun
Synonyms:
unconcernedness, apathy, coldness, carelessness, negligence, heedlessness, inattention, want of interestindifferencenoun
Synonyms:
triviality, unimportance, insignificance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
indifferencenoun
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
ranking | 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?
The biggest crime that anybody can commit, in my opinion, is indifference. And when she says something like this, we can not just sit back. We must call it out, the point is not to condemn her. It’s to educate her. There’s no better way for her to understand the damage that shehas done.
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.
I know that San Francisco is a compassionate city. We are a city that prides ourselves on second chances and rehabilitation, but we're not a city where anything goes. Our compassion should be mistaken for weakness or indifference.
Time' can be pitiless. Time is able to convert the flame of love into a mood of restraint. A paradise of adulation can become a setting of animosity and ecstasy can change into indifference. Mutual complicity can become a balance of power and heaven can turn into hell. Eventually only a best friend remains ː ' Me, myself and I' . -Erik Pevernagie
Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.
Translations for indifference
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- lhostejnostCzech
- GleichgültigkeitGerman
- αδιαφορίαGreek
- neglekto, indiferento, malzorgoEsperanto
- indiferenciaSpanish
- penseys, välinpitämättömyysFinnish
- indifférenceFrench
- אֲדִישׁוּתHebrew
- közönyHungarian
- indiferentesoIdo
- 無関心, 冷淡Japanese
- onverschilligheidDutch
- likegyldighetNorwegian
- obojętnośćPolish
- indiferençaPortuguese
- indiferențăRomanian
- равнодушие, безразличиеRussian
- ravnodušnost, равнодушностSerbo-Croatian
- likgiltighetSwedish
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