disinterestedness
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɛrɪd.nəs/
- Formal
:
imparcialidad
- For effective decision-making, leaders must demonstrate disinterestedness to avoid conflicts of interest.
- detachment and disinterestedness
Examples
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The scientist's disinterestedness in the research results helped her draw objective conclusions.
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To these and other questions, when directed at his art, the author himself has generally responded with the same disinterestedness, mockery, and occasional disdain that make his characters so distinctive.
Academic text (1997) -
For our purposes here, disinterestedness is more important than universality.
Academic text (1997) -
Complete disinterestedness may be an ideal, but it is not likely always to be a reality: mixed motives, in international relations as everywhere.
Academic text (2002) -
How might this agenda be pursued while remaining vigilant about the disinterestedness of the academic enterprise?
Academic text (2005) -
And for good reason: in international affairs, the choice of method can serve to advertise a country's good faith or disinterestedness.
Academic text (2003) -
One can witness writers struggling throughout the eighteenth century to explain what constitutes disinterestedness.
Academic text (1997) -
Thus it is that one regularly finds the very idea of disinterestedness ridiculed or exposed as a nefarious tool for enforcing the intellectual status quo.
Academic text (1999) -
Although most people, including many in the universities, now pay only lip service to disinterested inquiry, and many disparage "the ivory tower" or the "merely academic" way of looking at things, it is the concept of disinterestedness that distinguishes a free, civilized society from a totalitarian, barbaric one.
Academic text (2000) -
In her role as a judge, her disinterestedness ensured that all parties received a fair hearing.
Synonyms
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1.9
Treating people equally and without bias
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5.3
Making decisions based on facts, not personal feelings
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5.3
Treating all people or sides fairly without favoring one
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5.6
Not taking sides because of personal feelings when deciding
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7.3
A calm state of not feeling strong emotions and judging fairly
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5.7
Making honest decisions without favoring anyone
Being fair and not influenced by personal opinions or unfair ideas
Not taking sides and not showing strong feelings when judging people or events
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.2
A strong unfair feeling that makes you like or dislike someone and affects decisions
How Impartial
Surface Forms
Morphology
disinterestedness = disinterested (semi-transparent) = dis + interest + ed + ness
The noun is regularly formed from the adjective 'disinterested,' but that adjective's impartial sense is somewhat specialized rather than a fully predictable composition from 'interest' and 'dis-'.
Etymology
Disinterestedness comes from the part dis- meaning 'not' and interest meaning 'having a personal interest'. So disinterestedness is 'not having a personal interest', which is why it describes being fair and free from bias.