disinterestedness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English disinterested Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English disinterestedness From disinterested + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being disinterested.
She forgot she had married from desperation rather than disinterestedness.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 219:
Translations (6)
pl bezinteresowność (state or quality of being disinterested) · ru бескоры́стие (state or quality of being disinterested) · uk безкори́сливість (state or quality of being disinterested) · la abstinentia (state or quality of being disinterested) · fr désintéressement (state or quality of being disinterested) · pl bezstronność (state or quality of being disinterested)