Indifferentism

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

  Indifferentism \In*dif"fer*ent*ism\, n. [Cf. F.
     indiff['e]rentisme.]
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     1. State of indifference; lack of interest or earnestness;
        especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or
        false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.


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              The indifferentism which equalizes all religions and
              gives equal rights to truth and error. --Cardinal
                                                    Manning.
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     2. (Metaph.) Same as {Identism}.
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     3. (R. C. Ch.) A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any
        particular creed, provided the morals be right and good.
        --Gregory XVI.
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