disinterest C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /dɪsˈɪntrəst/ UK /dɪsˈɪntrəst/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun lack of concern or interest; impartiality free from bias He judged the dispute with the disinterest of a true outsider. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · lack of concern or... impartialityindifferencedetachmentunconcernneutralityapathy ↔ Opposites interestconcernbiaspartialityinvolvement Word family Derived forms disinteresteddisinterestedness Related forms interestuninterested Etymology AI details From dis- ('lack of') + interest; interest from Latin interest ('it concerns, it makes a difference'), from inter- ('between') + esse ('to be'). interesse Old French esse Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # disinterest **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪsˈɪntrəst/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈɪntrəst/ ## Meanings 1. lack of concern or interest; impartiality free from bias ## Examples - He judged the dispute with the disinterest of a true outsider. ## Synonyms - impartiality - indifference - detachment - unconcern - neutrality - apathy ## Antonyms - interest - concern - bias - partiality - involvement ## Derived Forms - disinterested - disinterestedness ## Related Forms - interest - uninterested ## Roots and Affixes - Root: interesse - Root: esse ## Etymology From dis- ('lack of') + interest; interest from Latin interest ('it concerns, it makes a difference'), from inter- ('between') + esse ('to be'). ## AI Etymology Disinterest comes from dis- ('lack of') + interest; interest from Latin interest ('it concerns, it makes a difference'), from inter- ('between') + esse ('to be'). The etymological trail includes Latin interesse and Latin esse. As a noun, disinterest names lack of concern or interest; impartiality free from bias. The same family is visible in derived forms such as disinterested and disinterestedness and related forms such as interest and uninterested. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown