Synonyms for disinterestedness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dis-in-tuh-res-tid, -tri-stid |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈɪn təˌrɛs tɪd, -trɪ stɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for disinterestedness
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for disinterestedness
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