indifference
noun/ɪnˈdɪfrəns/
/ɪnˈdɪfrəns/
- [uncountable, singular] indifference (to somebody/something) a lack of interest, feeling or reaction towards somebody/something
- his total indifference to what people thought of him
- What she said is a matter of complete indifference to me.
- Their father treated them with indifference.
- an indifference to the needs of others
Extra Examples- Constable's landscapes met with indifference when they were first exhibited.
- He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.
- She showed total indifference to his fate.
- Ellis spoke with a casual indifference that he did not feel.
- She adopted an attitude of supreme indifference.
- They have an air of studied indifference to the problem.
- They regard the change in corporate culture with a certain indifference.
- The president is resigned to public indifference to his latest initiative.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- supreme
- total
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- feel
- demonstrate
- display
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- with an indifference
- indifference to
- indifference towards/toward
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- an air of indifference
- an attitude of indifference
- a matter of indifference
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- [uncountable] (formal) lack of importance
- This cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference.
- [uncountable] the fact of being average or not very good synonym mediocrity (1)
- the indifference of the midfield players
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘being neither good nor bad’): from Latin indifferentia, from in- ‘not’ + different- ‘differing, deferring’ (from the verb differre).
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