Meanings
noundisinterestedness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being disinterested.
She forgot she had married from desperation rather than disinterestedness.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 219
Origin
Translations
French désintéressement
- désintéressementstate or quality of being disinterested
Latin abstinentia
- abstinentiastate or quality of being disinterested
Polish bezinteresowność, bezstronność
- bezinteresownośćstate or quality of being disinterested
- bezstronnośćstate or quality of being disinterested
Russian бескоры́стие
- бескоры́стие (beskorýstije)state or quality of being disinterested
Ukrainian безкори́сливість
- безкори́сливість (bezkorýslyvistʹ)state or quality of being disinterested
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