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Indifference

Definitions: Indifference

Indifference

Noun

1. Unbiased impartial unconcern.

2. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.

3. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.

4. The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "indifference" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Indifference

DomainDefinitions

Dream Interpretation

To dream of indifference, signifies pleasant companions for a very short time.
For a young woman to dream that her sweetheart is indifferent to her, signifies that he may not prove his affections in the most appropriate way. To dream that she is indifferent to him, means that she will prove untrue to him. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Mathematics

In Italian usage there is said to be statistical indifference between two variates if their correlation is zero, or more generally, if some index of concordance(concordanza)vanishes. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Indifference

Synonyms: apathy (n), emotionlessness (n), impassiveness (n), impassivity (n), nonchalance (n), phlegm (n), spiritlessness (n), stolidity (n), unconcern (n), unemotionality (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Indifference

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Absence of Choice

Neutrality, indifference; indecision; (irresolution); arbitrariness.

Inattention

Supineness; (inactivity); etourderie, want of thought; heedlessness; (neglect); insouciance; (indifference).

Incuriosity

Noun: incuriosity, incuriousness; Adjective: insouciance; indifference, lack of interest, disinterest.

Indifference

Noun: indifference, neutrality; coldness; Adjective: anaphrodisia; unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance; want of interest, want of earnestness; anorexy, anorexia, inappetency; apathy; (insensibility); supineness; (inactivity); disdain; recklessness; inattention.

Insensibility

Cold fit, cold blood, cold heart; coldness, coolness; frigidity, sang froid; stoicism, imperturbation; (inexcitability); nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes; insouciance; (indifference); recklessness; callousness; heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness.

Unimportance

Triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness; Adjective:; poverty; smallness; vanity; (uselessness); matter of indifference; no object.

Unwillingness

Noun: unwillingness; Adjective: indisposition, indisposedness; disinclination, aversation; nolleity, nolition; renitence, renitency; reluctance; indifference; backwardness; Adjective: slowness; want of alacrity,want of readiness; indocility; (obstinacy).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Indifference

English words defined with "indifference": Adiaphorism, Adiaphory, alien, alienate, All a case, aloofness, assumecallousdisaffect, dismissive, Dissympathy, distanceestrangefeignIncuriosity, Indifferency, Indifferentism, indifferently, Indisturbance, induratelightlymethane seriesOverskippachydermatous, Pococurantismsham, shrug, simulate, steam, stoicism, stolidity, stolidnesstemperamental, thick-skinned, To look down on, To make no difference, To turn a cold shoulder to. (references)
Specialty definitions using "indifference": Academy, AgueCandideDombeyErrandsFarewell, Festival, Fox's SleepHomicideIndifferenceLeprosy, LiquorNeuroleptanalgesiaPropertyRimer, Rosemary, RubySang Froid, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Side, Snakes, Sour Grapeism, StoicsTable, Tempest, tombWadding, Walking. (references)
Etymologies containing "indifference": Pococurantism. (references)

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Modern Usage: Indifference

DomainUsage

Screenplays

To define myself, one word: indifference. (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle; writing credit: Catherine Vimenet; Jean-Luc Godard)

Cool indifference to the staring crowds along the bank. (The Swan; writing credit: Ferenc Molnár; John Dighton)

Indifference is. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

If I didn't know you better I'd think you have the feigned indifference of a man in love. (Dangerous Beauty; writing credit: Jeannine Dominy)

Clever

It is not the difference between people that is the difficulty; it is the indifference. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Reckless Indifference (2000)

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Commercial Usage: Indifference

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Deadly Indifference (reference)

  • Experience: Challenging Visual Indifference Through New Sensory Experience (reference)

  • The National Environmental Policy Act: Judicial Misconstruction, Legislative Indifference, & Executive Neglect (Environmental History Series, 17) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • American Experience: America and the Holocaust - Deceit and Indifference (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Photo Album: Indifference

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Gleichgültigkeit. Gleichgültigkeit kann lähmend sein.... : [Indifference. Indifference can be crippling....].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Sounds Captioned with "Indifference".

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Yawn; tired; exhausted; catch flies; divide; doze; drowse; expand; gap; gape; give; nap; part; sleep; snooze; spread; yaw; yawp; apathy; detachment; disgust; distaste; doldrums; dullness; ennui; fatigue; flatness; incuriosity; indifference; irksomeness; j.
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Familiar Quotations: Indifference

AuthorQuotation

Epictetus

The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

George Eliot

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

Henry David Thoreau

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Iris Murdoch

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

J. August Strindberg

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.

Plato

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.
Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.

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Use in Literature: Indifference

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Absence, with the conviction probably of her indifference, had produced this very natural and very desirable effect.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Hester Prynne, meanwhile, kept her place upon the pedestal of shame, with glazed eyes, and an air of weary indifference.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Such is the indifference of heaven.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A cold lucid indifference reigned in his soul.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

One man says, in his despair or indifference to life, take up a handful of the earth at your feet, and paint your house that color.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Indifference

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Lethargy and indifference on the part of mid- and lower-level public servants compound transparency problems. (references)

Romania

The lack of exposure to Western practices in the past has left a legacy of indifference to after sales service. (references)

Mexico

In January 1994, insurgents in the state of Chiapas briefly took arms against the government, protesting alleged oppression and governmental indifference to poverty. (references)

Human Rights

Hungary

NGO's reported fewer cases of police harassment of foreign residents, particularly of non-Europeans; however, police showed indifference towards foreigners who had been victims of street crime. (references)

Russia

Nonetheless, the USMC believes that most hazing incidents and assaults are not reported, due to a fear of reprisals, the indifference of commanders, and deliberate efforts to cover up such activity. (references)

Minorities

Panama

In addition, Panamanians often resent Chinese immigrants for their perceived indifference toward the culture of their adopted country and their clannish behavior. (references)

Political Economy

POLAND

Some U.S. companies have criticized Polish customs' performance, citing long delays, indifference, corruption, incompetent officials, and inconsistent application of customs rules. (references)

Travel

Japan

Indifference to local business practices may indicate a lack of commitment on the part of the exporter, and may lead to misunderstandings and bad feelings between both sides. (references)

Women

Cote d'Ivoire

Women's advocacy groups have protested the indifference of authorities to female victims of violence and called attention to domestic violence and FGM. The groups also reported that women who are the victims of rape or domestic violence often are ignored when they attempt to bring the violence to the attention of the police. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a tomb may be innocently "glened" as soon as its occupant is done "smellynge," the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Indifference

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

But even I realize we have to pull the thong of indifference out of our ass and acknowledge that we share this planet with others.

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Speeches: Indifference

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Indifference

"Indifference" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.67% of the time. "Indifference" is used about 609 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.67%60710,589
Noun (proper)0.33%2245,945
                    Total100.00%609N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Indifference

Expressions using "indifference": matter of indifference under the cloak of indifference. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "indifference": near-indifference, semi-indifference.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Indifference

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Modern Translations: Indifference

Language Translations for "indifference"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

indeferencë, paanshmëri, mospërfillje (carelessness, coldness, contempt, disinterest, disregard, insouciance, neglect, negligence, nonchalance, slight, slur, snub), moskokëçarje (carelessness, insensibility, negligence, nonchalance). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏لا مبالاة (apathy, carelessness, disinterest, disinterestedness, easiness, impassivity, insouciance, nonchalance, phlegm, thickskin, unconcern), ‏عدم إكتراث (apathy, impoliteness, nonchalance, thoughtlessness), ‏عدم أهمية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

равнодушие (apathy, disregard, insusceptibility, listlessness, nonchalance, tepidity, unconcern, vacancy), незначителност (exiguity, exility, insignificance, insignificancy, littleness, nothingness, puerility), апатия (accidie, acedia, apathy, insensibility, languor, lassitude, torpor), безразличие (disinterest, frigidity, incuriosity, insensibility, languor, torpidity, unconcern), безпристрастие (detachment, equity, fairness), посредственост (dead level, feebleness, meanness, mediocrity). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(INDIFFERENT), 不重視 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

neteènost (apathy, indolence, phlegm), lhostejnost (aloofness, apathy), apatie (apathy, impassivity, listlessness, torpidity, torpor). (various references)

   

Danish

  

statistisk indifferens. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

flegma (phlegm). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

flegmo (phlegm). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

لاقیدی (Nonchalance, Unconcern), سهل انگاری (Nonchalance), خونسردی (Composure, Phlegm, Unconcern), بی علاقگی (Apathy, Lethargy, Stupidity, Unconcern). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

indifferenssi. (various references)

   

French

  

indifférence. (various references)

   

German

  

indifferenz (immunity), gleichgültigkeit (amelia, apathy, casualness, detachment, disregard, halfheartedness, languidness, phlegm, unconcern). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αδιαφορία (cold shoulder, detachment, disinterest, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, regardlessness, unconcern). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לא אכפתיות (recklessness, unconcern), שויון פש (apathy, equability, nonchalance), שא ות (complacence, self satisfaction, serenity, tranquillity), קרירות (coldness, coolness), א"ישות (apathy, impassivity, inertness, listlessness, neutrality, phlegm, unconcern), צ י ות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

közömbösség (coolness, disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity, listlessness, negligence, neutrality). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kelalaian (dereliction, omission). (various references)

   

Italian

  

indifferenza statistica, indifferenza (aloofness, disregard, insensibility, nonchalance, wild card), imparzialit (fairness, impartiality), noncuranza (carelessness, forgetfulness, nonchalance, unconcern), mancanza di valore, disinteresse (disinterestedness, unselfishness), apatia (apathy, hebetude, torpor). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

冷淡 (coolness). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しら"かお (unconcerned air), ひややかさ (coldness, frigidity), ふねっし" (inattentiveness, lack of enthusiasm), れいた" (coolness), れいぜ" (before the spirit of the deceased, cold look, cold-heartedness, coolness, lukewarmness), ちゅうせい (fairness, impartiality, loyalty, mediaeval times, Middle Ages, neuter gender, neutral, sincerity, sterility). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

무관심. (various references)

   

Manx

  

neuhym (unconcern, unconcernedness), feayr-chooish (frigidity, impassiveness, imperturbability, languidness, phlegm, self-possession). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

likegyldighet. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

indifferenceay

   

Portuguese

  

indiferença (aloofness, apathy, callousness, cold shoulder, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterested, easiness, estreat, frill, insensibility, insouciance, litany, lukewarmness, nonchalance, stand off, unconcern). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

indiferenţã (apathy, carelessness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disregard, equanimity, frigidity, insensibility, listlessness, nonchalance, phlegm, recklessness, regardlessness, remissness, sloth, torpor, unconcern), nepãsare (apathy, carelessness, casualness, disregard, laxity, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, recklessness, remissness, sloth, unconcern), nepãrtinire (candor, candour, impartiality), mediocritate (mediocrity, second rater), lipsã de importanţã (immateriality, nugacity, pettiness, triviality). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

безразличие (apathy, frigidity, indolence, insouciance, torpor, unconcern). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ravnodušnost (apathy, listlessness, unconcern), nehaj (negligence), nebriga (unconcern). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

indiferencia (apathy, coldness, coolness, disregard, nonchalance, perfunctoriness, unconcern). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

likgiltighet (apathy, detachment, disregard, insensibility, insouciance, unconcern), indifferens. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ilgisizlik (apathy, backwater, coolness, disinterestedness, insouciance, listlessness, neglect, phlegm, unconcern, unconcernedness), ilgilenmeme, umursamazlık (laxity, laxness, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, recklessness, unconcern, unconcernedness), umursamama (disregard), tarafsızlık (candor, candour, detachment, equilibrium, equitableness, equity, evenness, fair play, fairness, impartiality, neutralism, neutrality, non committal, objectiveness, objectivity, openness), kayıtsızlık (carelessness, forgetfulness, nonchalance, oblivion, unconcern), hissizlik (anaesthesia, anesthesia, apathy, deadness, impassivity, insensibility, insensitiveness, insensitivity, numbness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor), duygusuzluk (apathy, frigidity, insensibility, insusceptibility, obtuseness, phlegm, stolidity), balgam (expectoration, mucus, phlegm, pituitary, sputum), aldırmazlık (carelessness, unconcern, unconcernedness), önemsizlik (insignificance, insignificancy, lightness, littleness, paltriness, puniness, slightness, smallness, triviality, unimportance). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

perhaяlyk, biperwaяlyk. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

індеферентність, нейтральність (neutrality), незаначність, байдужість (apathy, callousness, cold-bloodedness, coldness, insensibility, negligence, nonchalance, oscitation, unconcern). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thái độ trung lập, thái độ không thiên vị sự không quan trọng, sự thờ ơ (disinterestedness), sự lânh đạm (iciness, nonchalance), sự không thiết, sự không quan tâm (unthoughtfulness), sự không để ý (heedlessness), sự hờ hững (apathy, disinterestedness, neglect, unconcern), sự dửng dưng, sự b ng quang tính trung lập. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

difrawder (apathy), difaterwch (apathy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Indifference

Derivations

Words beginning with "indifference": indifferences. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Indifference" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indefference, indifferance, undifference. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Indifference"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "indifference" (pronounced i'ndi"feruns or i'ndi"fruns)
7-d i" f er u n sdifference.
5-f er u n sconference, deference, inference, preference, reference.
4-er u n sbelligerence, deliverance, endurance, exuberance, furtherance, ignorance, intolerance, irreverence, protuberance, reverence, severance, temperance, tolerance, utterance.
3-u n sabeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, defiance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
5-f r u n scircumference, teleconference, videoconference.
4-r u n sabhorrence, adherence, appearance, assurance, Clarence, clearance, coherence, disappearance, entrance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, incoherence, insurance, interference, noninterference, perseverance, preponderance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reinsurance, remembrance.
3-u n sabeyance, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, intelligence, interdependence, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, relevance, reliance, reluctance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, vigilance, violence, virulence.

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Anagrams: Indifference

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-n-r"

-2 letters: difference.

-3 letters: inference.

-4 letters: niffered, redefine, refenced.

-5 letters: cinerin, defence, definer, deifier, dineric, edifice, edifier, effendi, eirenic, finnier, needier, refence, refined, reified.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-n-r"
 

+1 letter: indifferences.

 

+2 letters: indifferencies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Indifference


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0064 0069 0066 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438070757272718471806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Sounds
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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