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Antonyms for disinterestedness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-in-tuh-res-tid, -tri-stid
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈɪn təˌrɛs tɪd, -trɪ stɪd


Definition of disinterestedness

Origin :
  • 1610s, "unconcerned," the sense we now would ascribe to uninterested, with the sense of "impartial" going to disinteressed (c.1600). See dis- + interest. Modern sense of disinterested is first attested 1650s. As things now stand, disinterested means "free from personal bias," while uninterested means "caring nothing for the matter in question." Related: Disinterestedly; disinterestedness.
  • noun fairness
Example sentences :
  • The purity and disinterestedness of their conduct should be made apparent.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Linda realized that she had overdone her disinterestedness a trifle.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • "What a chaste specimen of disinterestedness her Ladyship's own letter," said Mary.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • His loyalty, his disinterestedness, his honesty, all established.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • What strikes one most in his work is the disinterestedness of the toiler.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • But, dear, don't you see that it proves the reality, the disinterestedness of your love for him?
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
  • But the emperor's disinterestedness was only the result of his despondency.
  • Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.
  • He wound up his discourse with some theatrical talk about disinterestedness.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley
  • Heroism and disinterestedness are rising up, here and there, in the earth.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • And yet he was prepared to go still further in disinterestedness.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

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