disinterest

== English == === Etymology === From dis- + interest. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɪntɹɛst/ === Noun === disinterest (uncountable) An absence of interest (attention or curiosity). [from 19th c.] Synonyms: apathy, indifference, uninterest The absence of interest (bias or stake). [from 17th c.] Synonym: impartiality (obsolete) What is contrary to interest or advantage. [17th–19th c.] Synonym: disadvantage 1676, Joseph Glanvill, Essays on Several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion, London: John Baker and Henry Mortlock, Essay 2 “Of Scepticism and Certainty,” p. 45,[3] Now the progress of Knowledg being stopt by extreme Confidence on the one hand, and Diffidence on the other; I think that both are necessary, though perhaps one is more seasonable: For to believe that every thing is certain, is as great a disinterest to Science, as to conceive that nothing is so: ==== Translations ==== === Verb === disinterest (third-person singular simple present disinterests, present participle disinteresting, simple past and past participle disinterested) (transitive) To render disinterested. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === disinterest (comparative more disinterest, superlative most disinterest) (obsolete) Free of personal bias. Synonym: disinterested === Anagrams === dentistries