disinterestednessn.

Etymology: formed as disinterested adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disˈinterestedness.

The quality of being disinterested; impartiality; freedom from self-interest or selfish bias.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > lack of selfish bias

disinteressedness1648

disinterest1658

disinteressmenta1680

disinterestedness1687

uninterestedness1691

uninteressedness1702

abstractedness1747

1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora ii. ii. 35 Yes; Didymus, I believe what you declar'd, of the Disinterestedness of your proceedings in the Rescue of a Person of no greater Merit, than I can pretend to.

1709 J. Johnson in Ballard MSS. (Bodl. Libr.) XV. 46 What I most admire him for is Disinterestedness.

1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics ii. vi. 161 These Expressions of Selfishness and Disinterestedness have been used in a very loose and indeterminate Manner.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 196. ⁋8 This..gives firmness and constancy, fidelity and disinterestedness.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) iv. 195 This disinterestedness, this devotion to the real interest of humankind.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 70 He can assume the disguise of virtue or disinterestedness without having them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	disinterestedness
释义	disinterestednessn. Etymology: formed as disinterested adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disˈinterestedness. The quality of being disinterested; impartiality; freedom from self-interest or selfish bias. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > lack of selfish bias disinteressedness1648 disinterest1658 disinteressmenta1680 disinterestedness1687 uninterestedness1691 uninteressedness1702 abstractedness1747 1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora ii. ii. 35 Yes; Didymus, I believe what you declar'd, of the Disinterestedness of your proceedings in the Rescue of a Person of no greater Merit, than I can pretend to. 1709 J. Johnson in Ballard MSS. (Bodl. Libr.) XV. 46 What I most admire him for is Disinterestedness. 1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics ii. vi. 161 These Expressions of Selfishness and Disinterestedness have been used in a very loose and indeterminate Manner. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 196. ⁋8 This..gives firmness and constancy, fidelity and disinterestedness. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) iv. 195 This disinterestedness, this devotion to the real interest of humankind. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 70 He can assume the disguise of virtue or disinterestedness without having them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1687
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