The state of being indifferent.
"I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken."
Unbiased impartiality.
Unemotional apathy.
His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia. By surface analysis, in- + difference.
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