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Definition: Disinterest |
DisinterestNoun1. Tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: DisinterestSynonym: neutrality (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Incuriosity | Noun: incuriosity, incuriousness; Adjective: insouciance; indifference, lack of interest, disinterest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Moldova | Although the agreement initially included a declaration of mutual defense, Moldova has since declared its disinterest in participating in any GUUAM-based mutual defense initiative. (references) |
Travel | Honduras | This different approach to scheduling and punctuality should be taken as a cultural difference, not as discourtesy or disinterest. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Disinterest" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disinterest" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "disinterest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mospërfillje (carelessness, coldness, contempt, disregard, indifference, insouciance, neglect, negligence, nonchalance, slight, slur, snub), indiferencë (coldness, languor, listlessness), çinteresim. (various references) | |
Arabic | نزاهة (dispassion, impartiality, integrity, plain dealing, probity, squareness), لا مبالاة (apathy, carelessness, disinterestedness, easiness, impassivity, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, phlegm, thickskin, unconcern). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | незаинтересованост (insouciance, unconcern), безразличие (frigidity, incuriosity, indifference, insensibility, languor, torpidity, unconcern). (various references) | |
Czech | nestrannost (impartiality). (various references) | |
French | désintéressement, indifférence. (various references) | |
German | Selbstlosigkeit (quality of selflessness, selflessness, unselfishness). (various references) | |
Greek | αδιαφορία (cold shoulder, detachment, indifference, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, regardlessness, unconcern). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חוסר ע ין אישי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | közömbösség (coolness, impassivity, incuriosity, indifference, listlessness, negligence, neutrality), érdektelenség (languidity, unconcern). (various references) | |
Italian | disinteressare. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 恬淡 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | て"た". (various references) | |
Manx | neuhuim (detachment), neufoays (imperfection, inutility). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isinterestday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desinteresse (aloofness, apathy, detachment, indifference, nonchalance, unconcern, washiness), indiferença (aloofness, apathy, callousness, cold shoulder, coldness, coolness, detachment, easiness, estrangement, frigidity, insensibility, insouciance, listlessness, lukewarmness, nonchalance, stand-off, unconcern). (various references) | |
Russian | равнодушие (aloofness, indifference, nonchalance, unconcern), отсутствие интереса. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nezainteresovanost (unconcern). (various references) | |
Spanish | disgusto (chagrin, disgust, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, miff, trouble, unpleasantness), desinterés, apatía (apathy, inertia, languishment). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disinterest": disinterested, disinterestedly, disinterestedness, disinterestednesses, disinteresting, disinterests. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disinterest" (pronounced di'si"nterust) |
| 5 | -t er u s t | bitterest, motorist, satirist. |
| 4 | -er u s t | amorist, behaviorist, caricaturist, humorist, mannerist, secularist, theorist. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dentistries. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: densities, destinies, dirtiness, disinters, dissenter, enteritis, insetters, interests, interties, residents, retinites, siderites, sternites, tensities, tiredness, trendiest, triteness. | |
-3 letters: dentists, destines, dieresis, diesters, dinettes, direness, dirtiest, disinter, ditsiest, editress, entities, inditers, inserted, insetted, insetter, insiders, insisted, insister, interest, intertie, nerdiest, niteries, nitrides, nitrites, resident, resisted, retinite, retinted, sentries, siderite, sienites, sinister, sintered, sistered. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: determinists, disinterests, irredentists. | |
+2 letters: disintegrates, disinterested, disinterments, disorientates. | |
+3 letters: densitometries, disinteresting, divertissement, endometritises, indeterminists. | |
+4 letters: antifederalists, disinterestedly, divertissements, indifferentists, predestinations. | |
+5 letters: creditworthiness, desertifications, intermediateness, postpresidential, underestimations. | |
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