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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
  • Out of fear of encouraging communism, the United States maintained strict neutrality.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
  • But Thompson noted three of the companies driving the data center boom — Google, Amazon and Microsoft — are the biggest corporate purchasers of renewable power and have made commitments to reach carbon neutrality.
    Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The President must reign in Mr. Musk's powers immediately and stop this blatant disregard for the powers of Congress.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • That is a blatant disregard for the rule of law, even though pardons are within the purview of the president and something he is technically allowed to do.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • All of the human tragedy spurred by McCarthy sprang from the definition of objectivity that guided political journalism at the time.
    Made by History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Helping them to contextualize events, as well as differentiate objectivity from bias, can spark deeper discussions about the world around you both.
    Ella Cerón, Parents, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But, as Kennedy’s book makes painfully clear, the rape kit has also become a paradoxical symbol of systemic indifference toward rape and its victims.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The government’s apparent indifference toward the hostages—despite the IDF’s near-total military control of Gaza and the fact that many hostages were held within a few kilometers of IDF positions—only deepened the public’s frustration.
    Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 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 17 Feb. 2025.

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