disinterested

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: dis=in=ter=est=ed

OXFORD DICTIONARY

disinterested, adj.
1 not influenced by one's own advantage; impartial.
2 disp. uninterested.

Derivative

disinterestedly adv. disinterestedness n.

Etymology

past part. of disinterest (v.) divest of interest

THESAURUS

disinterested

Laodicean, Olympian, abstract, aloof, altruistic, apathetic, ataractic, benumbed, blah, blase, bored, candid, careless, casual, colorless, comatose, committed, consecrated, dedicated, desensitized, detached, devil-may-care, devoted, dispassionate, disregardful, distant, dull, easygoing, equitable, evenhanded, fair, heartless, hebetudinous, heedless, hopeless, humble, impartial, impassive, impersonal, in a stupor, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, inexcitable, insouciant, just, lackadaisical, languid, lethargic, listless, lofty, mindless, modest, negative, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, numb, numbed, objective, open-minded, passive, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pluckless, pococurante, poker-faced, reckless, regardless, remote, resigned, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, slack, sluggish, soporific, spiritless, spunkless, stoic, stolid, stupefied, supine, torpid, turned-off, unacquisitive, unanxious, unbiased, uncaring, unconcerned, undazzled, undiscriminating, uninfluenced, uninquiring, uninterested, uninvolved, unjaundiced, unmindful, unpossessive, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unpretentious, unselfish, unsolicitous, unsparing of self, unswayed, withdrawn

ROGET THESAURUS

disinterested

Disinterestedness

N disinterestedness, generosity, liberality, liberalism, altruism, benevolence, elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity, chivalry, chivalrous spirit, heroism, sublimity, self-denial, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self-control, stoicism, devotion, martyrdom, suttee, labor of love, disinterested, unselfish, self-denying, self-sacrificing, self- devoted, generous, handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded, noble-minded, high-minded, princely, great, high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous, great-hearted, large-hearted, chivalrous, heroic, sublime, unbought, unbribed, uncorrupted, non vobis solum.