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Recent Examples of disinterestedness The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs then assumed the initiative by denying Peru's disinterestedness, charging Peru with seeking to injure Chilean interests by her nitrate measures, and with keeping secret the treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia. Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011 The first had to do with the principle of disinterestedness, which called for partisan politics to be kept out of scholarship and the classroom. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021 You can’t be disinterested, because everyone knows that disinterestedness is a façade. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023 The news anchors maintained a posture of disinterestedness. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023 These functions are all masked by the academic ideology of disinterestedness. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021 Both knew the artistic value of reserve, of disinterestedness. Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019 But Robert Brookings’s early model of political disinterestedness and scientific objectivity began to erode soon afterward. John B. Judis, New Republic, 15 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinterestedness
Noun
  • Viewpoint neutrality — the principle that the government cannot favor one viewpoint over another — is important, not only to protect the speaker from censorship but also to safeguard the rights of the listeners.
    Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Discussions around changing West Ada’s classroom display policy in 2022 were informed by this new law, with content neutrality seen as a way to prevent bias — or accusations of bias — in schools.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Courts are the last barrier to Trump's chaotic disregard for the Constitution.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • For many Democrats in Congress, the failure to hold Trump’s national security team accountable signals a broader disregard for truth and accountability.
    Nik Popli, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Signs of Change Early research to verify AI’s ability to recruit more effectively than humans with regards to efficiency and objectivity have been promising.
    Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The heads of the nation’s top public broadcasters faced an intense grilling from lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill over their outlets’ funding and editorial objectivity.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, employees may misinterpret a company’s focus on metrics as indifference to their personal growth.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, Butler acted out with indifference toward the Heat season to the degree that he was suspended by the Heat three times without pay before being dealt to the Warriors at the Feb. 6 NBA trading deadline.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.
    Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.
    Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2016

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“Disinterestedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterestedness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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