indifferency means impartiality, fairness, disinterestedness. It carries an Arena rating of 1514, earned across 23 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, indifferency ranks #3,389 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #4,023 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #5,891 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #6,086 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words.
Why “indifferency” is a great word
A state of unbiased impartiality or a passive lack of strong feeling or interest. From the Latin indifferentia, from in- (“not”) + differens, present participle of differre (“to differ, to be different”). First attested in late Middle English (c. 1400–1450). Unlike neutrality, which is a deliberate stance of non-participation in a conflict, or apathy, which is a stark emotional void, indifferency can be either the cool, even hand of a disinterested judge or the quiet vacancy of a mind that simply does not engage. It is the blank expression of a statue observing human folly, the level tone of a voice reporting calamity without inflection, and the still surface of a pond that reflects but does not absorb the sky—a condition of equipoise that is either a virtue of objectivity or the grey pallor of a soul at rest.
Etymology
From Latin indifferentia.
noun
- Impartiality, fairness, disinterestedness.
- A lack of strong feeling; indifference.
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