单词 | indifference |
释义 | indifference (once / 301 pages) n Indifference is the trait of lacking interest or enthusiasm in things. When you feel indifference for something, you neither like it nor dislike it. If you are a person who feels a lot of indifference, you probably say "eh," a lot. You just don't care much. Indifference can be compared to apathy, which means "lack of concern," though apathy is a little stronger: Apathy means you don't care whether your friends call you; indifference means you don't care what movie you end up seeing — you don't have a strong preference for any of the choices. WORD FAMILYindifference: indifferences+/differ: differed, different, differing, differs/difference: differences, differential, differentiate/different: difference, differently, indifferent/differential: differentially, differentials/differentiate: dedifferentiate, differentiable, differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation, differentiator/differentiated: dedifferentiated, undifferentiated/differentiation: dedifferentiation, differentiations/indifferent: indifference, indifferenter, indifferently USAGE EXAMPLESWe hope they finally see that treating budget victims with Scrooge-like indifference during protracted political standoffs does the public an incredible injustice. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) The stories got more and more extreme and just revealed a really cruel indifference to the way people were actually suffering. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) “Jesus was born rejected by some and regarded by many others with indifference,” he said. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) 1n the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern Syn|Hyper nonchalance, unconcern carefreeness the trait of being without worry or responsibility 2n the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally Syn|Hyper apathy, numbness, spiritlessness passiveness, passivity the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative 3n unbiased impartial unconcern Hypo|Hyper aloofness, distance indifference by personal withdrawal detachment, withdrawalavoiding emotional involvement unconcern a feeling of lack of concern 4n apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions Syn|Hyper emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality apathy an absence of emotion or enthusiasm |
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