What does indifference mean?
Indifference means The state of being indifferent..
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/ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns/ · noun
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."
His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
I wish the consequences of this moment for young women punctured the apparent indifference of so many men and boys I saw that day.
I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
"I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total indifference of the subjective and objective."
Use indifference when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Indifference means The state of being indifferent..
Common synonyms include unconcern, apathy, stolidity, impassivity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"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."
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