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Definition of Indifferency
1. n. Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference.
Definition of Indifferency
1. Noun. (obsolete) Impartiality, fairness, disinterestedness. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A lack of strong feeling; indifference. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indifferency
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Indifferency
Literary usage of Indifferency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"know that liberty by some is placed in an indifferency of the man, ... I wish
they who lay so much stress on such an " antecedent indifferency," as they ..."
2. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker (1768)
"... depend upon the morrow's volitions, which are determined either by fome motive
occurring at the time or elfe by the power of indifferency then exerted. ..."
3. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"I am not nice about phrases, and therefore consent to say, with those that love
to speak so, that liberty is placed in indifferency ; but it is an ..."
4. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn (1909)
"And even in Judgment, our indifferency must be to the Persons, not Causes: For
... Neutrality is something else than indifferency; and yet of kin to it too. ..."
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