Disinterestedness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disinterestedness \Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness\, n.
     The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of
           which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes


           found in woman.                          --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disinterestedness
       n : freedom from bias or selfish motives