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Indifference vs Dismissiveness - What's the difference?

indifference | dismissiveness |

As nouns the difference between indifference and dismissiveness

is that indifference is the state of being indifferent while dismissiveness is a form of denial, characterized by either passively showing indifference or disregard, or actively dismissing or rejecting ideas or evidence.

indifference

English

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.}}

    dismissiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • a form of denial, characterized by either passively showing indifference or disregard, or actively dismissing or rejecting ideas or evidence.

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