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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
  • Reaching psychic divorce means finding emotional neutrality or peace.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • As many question the fairness and neutrality of political systems, the model of an ideal leader shifts from the administrative back to the messianic.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Trump has a complete disregard for laws and expertise, and a unique shamelessness, both of which create fertile soil for inanity.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
  • That would explain the complete and utter disregard for the most basic standards, like taking precautions before construction and providing clean water and safe environments.
    Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Richards’s convictions, and his aspirations for psychedelics, prompt questions about the objectivity of such research.
    Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • The implementation of data analytics allows investors to make more informed decisions, reduce dependence on the human factor and increase the objectivity of their assessments.
    Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • This week’s report about yet another death at a county jail run by the Sheriff’s Department was painfully familiar in its portrait of cruel indifference to the health of inmates and the overt signs the agency isn’t being truthful about key events in the tragedy.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • One partner may interpret the other’s lack of responsiveness as indifference, while the other may simply not realize anything is amiss.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 May 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 23 May. 2025.

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