Noun

(en noun)

The state of being indifferent.

Unbiased impartiality.

Unemotional apathy.

* His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she was even human.

A lack of enthusiasm.

Unconcerned nonchalance.

* {{quote-book, year=1897, author=

, title= , chapter=1 citation , 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.}}

Noun

Act of treating with disdain.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.}}

* 1969 , , The Godfather :

There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.