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单词 indifferentism
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indifferentismn.

/ɪnˈdɪfərəntɪz(ə)m/
Etymology: < indifferent adj.1 + -ism suffix: compare French indifférentisme (Littré).
1.
a. A spirit of indifference professed and practised.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun] > spirit or attitude of indifference
nil admirari1654
indifferentism1834
take-it-or-leave-it1885
je-m'en-fichism1902
je-m'en-foutism1954
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 195/1 Often, notwithstanding, was I blamed..for my so-called Hardness.., my Indifferentism towards men.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. i. 7 There are others who have educated themselves into a useful indifferentism or cynicism.
1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook xxiii. 265 A cast~off accent of jaded indifferentism, just touched with displeasure.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 6 These people either did not know..or, with the absurd indifferentism of Englishmen, did not care.
b. esp. The principle that differences of religious belief are of no importance; adiaphorism; absence of zeal or interest in religious matters.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [noun] > indifference to
adiaphorism1607
adiaphory1658
latitudinism1667
anythingarianism1797
indifferentism1827
1827 Sack Let. in E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. (1828) I. p. xiv It originated with men very far removed from indifferentism.
1828 E. B. Pusey Let. in Hist. Enq. I. 59 His anxiety to promote Christian charity converted into indifferentism.
1840 H. H. Milman Hist. Christianity II. 381 The public acts..of Constantine, show how the lofty eclectic indifferentism of the Emperor..gave place to the progressive influence of Christianity.
1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 14 Oct. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 240 He has a certain latitudinarianism (not indifferentism) in his life and affections.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 59 The signs of a growing toleration or indifferentism meet him on every side.
2. metaphorical. (See quot. 1866.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of mind-body interrelation > [noun] > other doctrines and their adherents
indifferentism1866
1866 Mansell in Contemp. Rev. I. 33 Hence arises a third form of philosophy, which, for want of a better name, we will call Indifferentism, as being a system in which the characteristic differences of mind and matter are supposed to disappear, being merged in something higher than both.
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3. Biology. ‘Term originally applied to the condition of the sexual glands at the time of development, when parts of them are common to both sexes’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).
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