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Definition: Disinterestedness |
DisinterestednessNoun1. Freedom from bias or selfish motives. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disinterestedness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disinterestedness | Noun: disinterestedness; Adjective: generosity; liberality, liberalism; altruism; benevolence; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity; chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Disinterestedness |
| English words defined with "disinterestedness": Disinteressment. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The true name of devotion is disinterestedness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In conclusion, fellow citizens, allow me to invoke in behalf of your deliberations that spirit of conciliation and disinterestedness which is the gift of patriotism. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Disinterestedness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disinterestedness" is used about 8 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% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "disinterestedness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا مبالاة (apathy, carelessness, disinterest, easiness, impassivity, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, phlegm, thickskin, unconcern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezaujatost (dispassion, open mindedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Uneigennützigkeit (altruism, selflessness, unselfishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αφιλοκέρδεια (unselfishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | disinteresse (indifference, unselfishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 禅味 (air or style of disinterestedness, the flavor of Zen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"み (air or style of disinterestedness, appreciation, relish, taste, the flavor of Zen, thinking over carefully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isinterestednessday dezinteresare (unselfishness). (various references) oegennytta (altruism). (various references) karşılık beklememe, ilgisizlik (apathy, backwater, coolness, indifference, insouciance, listlessness, neglect, phlegm, unconcern, unconcernedness), aldırışsızlık (carelessness, insensibility), önyargısızlık. (various references) tính vô tư (impartiality, impartialness), tính không vụ lợi, tính không cầu lợi sự không quan tâm đến, sự thờ ơ (indifference), sự không để ý đến, sự hờ hững (apathy, indifference, neglect, unconcern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disinterestedness": disinterestednesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-r-s-s-s-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: disinterested. | |
-5 letters: disinterests, dissentients, entirenesses, sinisterness, tendernesses, trendinesses. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-r-s-s-s-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: disinterestednesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 69 6E 74 65 72 65 73 74 65 64 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .. -. - . .-. . ... - . -.. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s i n t e r e s t e d n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0069 006E 0074 0065 0072 0065 0073 0074 0065 0064 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875857580867184718586717080718585 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabský, arabština, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arabo, arabic, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, ceco, ceh, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, người Séc tiếng Séc |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , neamţ, tysk, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", greacã, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, japonský, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonezã, japansk, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, japonský, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonezã, japansk, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, român, rumänsk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turcesc, turc, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, englezesc, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Quotations: Speeches | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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