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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
  • Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen reaffirmed his country's political support for Ukraine, despite Austria's long-standing military neutrality.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • Endorsing or opposing board candidates is outside the vendor role and is unethical – neutrality is required.
    Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • This disregard for morale creates disengagement and burnout, which leads to high employee turnover rates.
    Christopher Fairbank, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • In an era where Gen-Z rappers seem to have a disregard for album rollouts, Santana wanted to invite fans to be a part of something bigger.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • When the same people setting the security protocols are also responsible for reporting incidents, objectivity breaks down.
    Rick Hutchinson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unprecedented shake-up of a key federal vaccine advisory panel ushered in appointees who have expressed skepticism about the value and safety of vaccines — raising concerns about the group’s objectivity.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC news, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Only a small percentage of college stars will ever play professionally, and an even tinier number will become wealthy, but the fate of the vast majority of student-athletes is a matter of indifference to the predatory NCAA.
    Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • Danes display a curious indifference toward Greenlanders.
    Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • As a consequence, its countries are practiced in the art of strategic hedging and are predisposed to neutralism and nonalignment, owing to their colonial histories.
    David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
  • 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

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“Disinterestedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterestedness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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