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

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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.

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1. indifference

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Apathy
   • Passivity
   • Unconcern

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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

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1. indifferencenoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "indifference":

   apathy, disregard, neglect, recklessness, inattention, complacency

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1. A. S. Neill, Summerhill:

   Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.

2. Mark Bederow:

   New York-based Internet search about the dangers of sodium and the properties of iodized salt provide strong evidence that New York-based knew what could happen to New York-based son and thus exhibited a depraved indifference to human life.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

   Tolerance is another word for indifference.

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. Agnes Repplier:

   The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.