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Disinterestedness definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISINTERESTEDNESS, n. The state or quality of having no personal interest or private advantage in a question or event; freedom from bias or prejudice, on account of private interest; indifference.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: freedom from bias or from selfish motives

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1682 the quality or state of being objective or impartial

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disinterestedness Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness, n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. --Macaulay.