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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

indifference

/ˌɪnˈdɪfɚəns/

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What does indifference mean?

noun

  1. The state of being indifferent.
  2. Unbiased impartiality.
  3. Unemotional apathy.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. A lack of enthusiasm.
  2. Unconcerned nonchalance.
  3. Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈdɪfɚəns/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌɪnˈdɪfɹəns/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Her indifference produced an unpleasant sensation upon him somehow, and he rubbed the steaming window clear again, and stared out of it.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
A magnificent sermon was preached by my gifted friend on the heathen indifference of the world to the sinfulness of little sins.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
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Chartered tourists, they make free with historic localities, and rear their young among the most picturesque sites with a grand human indifference.
Robert Louis StevensonEdinburgh: Picturesque NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #382
If it had been opinions only that thus divided the minds of men, with what indifference would all have regarded the division!
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
In the history of the Brahmans there was a sect of philosophers called the Gymnosophists, who had the extremest indifference to life.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747