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{{also|indifférence}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|frm|indifférence}}, from {{der|en|LL.|indifferentia}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns/|/ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-indifference.ogg|a=US}}
* {{hyphenation|en|in|dif|fer|ence}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# The state of being [[indifferent]].
#: {{syn|en|unconcern}}
#* {{RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard|page=115|volume=I|passage="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|Unbiased]] [[impartiality]].
# [[unemotional|Unemotional]] [[apathy]].
#: {{ux|en|His daughter's '''indifference''' towards the sexist group made him wonder if she was even human.}}
# A lack of [[enthusiasm]].
# [[unconcerned|Unconcerned]] [[nonchalance]].
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=1|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|philosophy}} Self-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1801|author={{w|Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling|FWJ Schelling}}|title=The Philosophical Rupture between Fichte and Schelling|page=145|text="I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total '''indifference''' of the subjective and objective."}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|defensive indifference|depraved-indifference murder|indifference curve|la belle indifference|liberty of indifference|principle of indifference}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|en
|same difference
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|the state of being indifferent}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَامُبَالَاة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|անտարբերություն}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|абыя́касць|f}}, {{t|be|абыя́кавасць|f}}, {{t|be|раўнаду́шнасць|f}}, {{t|be|раўнаду́шша|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|безразли́чие|n}}, {{t+|bg|равноду́шие|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|indiferència|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[不]][[關心]]|tr=bùguānxīn}}, {{t+|cmn|冷淡|tr=lěngdàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|lhostejnost|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|ligegyldighed|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onverschilligheid|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|indiferenteco}}, {{t|eo|malzorgo}}, {{t|eo|neglekto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|välinpitämättömyys}}, {{t+|fi|penseys}}
* French: {{t+|fr|indifférence|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|indiferenza|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gleichgültigkeit|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αδιαφορία|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֲדִישׁוּת|f|tr=adishút}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उदासीनता|f}}, {{t|hi|बेरूख़ी|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|közöny}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|indiferenteso}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fuarchúis|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|indifferenza|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|無関心|tr=むかんしん, mukanshin}}, {{t+|ja|冷淡|tr=れいたんさ, reitan sa|alt=冷淡さ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|무관심(無關心)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|рамнодушност|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|arokore}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|likegyldighet|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|likesæle|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|obojętność}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|indiferença|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|indiferență|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|безразли́чие|n}}, {{t+|ru|равноду́шие|n}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|उदास|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|равно̀душно̄ст|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ravnòdušnōst|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ľahostajnosť|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|ravnodušnost|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|indiferencia|f}}, {{t+|es|displicencia|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|likgiltighet|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kalatubaan}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ilgisizlik}}, {{t+|tr|kayıtsızlık}}, {{t+|tr|umursamazlık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|байду́жість|f}}, {{t+|uk|байду́жність|f}}, {{t|uk|рівноду́шшя|n}}
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{{trans-top|unbiased impartiality}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|безпристра́стност|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elfogulatlanság}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fuarchúis|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|беспристра́стность|f}}
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{{trans-top|unconcerned nonchalance}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|равноду́шие|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|közöny}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fuarchúis|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|равноду́шие|n}}
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