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disˈinterestedness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being disinterested; impartiality; freedom from self-interest or selfish bias.
a1682Sir T. Browne (J.), These expressions of selfishness and disinterestedness have been used in a very loose and indeterminate manner. 1709J. Johnson in Ballard MSS. (Bodl. Libr.) XV. 46 What I most admire him for is Disinterestedness. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 196 ⁋8 This..gives firmness and constancy, fidelity and disinterestedness. 1866Liddon Bampt. Lect. iv. (1875) 195 This disinterestedness, this devotion to the real interest of humankind. 1875Jowett Plato III. 79 He can assume the disguise of virtue or disinterestedness without having them. |