The state or quality of being indifferent.
Dictionary:
in·dif·fer·ence (ĭn-dĭf'ər-əns, -dĭf'rəns) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: indifference |
noun
| Antonyms: indifference |
Definition: absence of feeling, interest
Antonyms: care, caring, compassion, concern, feeling, heed, interest, involvement, regard, sympathy
| Word Tutor: indifference |
Enthusiasm with error is more acceptable than indifference with perfection.
— J. Dinneen
| Quotes About: Indifference |
Quotes:
"Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion."
- Abraham Cowley
"Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household."
- Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
"I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise."
- Samuel Johnson
"Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever."
- Georg C. Lichtenberg
"A different world cannot be built by indifferent people."
- Peter Marshall
"Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent."
- Francis Picabia
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| Translations: Indifference |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ligegyldighed, ligegladhed, indifferens
Nederlands (Dutch)
onverschilligheid, onbeduidendheid
Français (French)
n. - indifférence
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gleichgültigkeit, Bedeutungslosigkeit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδιαφορία, ψυχρότητα
Italiano (Italian)
indifferenza
Português (Portuguese)
n. - indiferença (f)
Русский (Russian)
безразличие, незначительность, посредственность
Español (Spanish)
n. - indiferencia, apatía
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - likgiltighet, betydelselöshet, medelmåttighet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不重视, 漠不关心, 无兴趣
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不重視, 漠不關心, 無興趣
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무관심, 사소함, 무차별
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 無関心, 無頓着, 冷淡, 重要でないこと
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) لا مبالاة
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