disinterestedness

English

Etymology

From disinterested +‎ -ness.

Noun

disinterestedness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being disinterested.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 219:
  She forgot she had married from desperation rather than disinterestedness.

Translations

state or quality of being disinterested

French: désintéressement (fr)
Latin: abstinentia
Polish: bezinteresowność (pl) f
Russian: бескоры́стие (ru) n (beskorýstije)
Ukrainian: безкори́сливість (uk) f (bezkorýslyvistʹ)

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