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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even --Jer. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] --Glanvill. 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] --Feltham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disinterest n : tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement [syn: {neutrality}]
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