indifferentism

American  

[in-dif-er-uhn-tiz-uhm, -dif-ruhn-] / ɪnˈdɪf ər ənˌtɪz əm, -ˈdɪf rən- /

noun

1. systematic indifference.

2. adiaphorism.

3. the principle or opinion that differences of religious belief are essentially unimportant.

4. Philosophy. the doctrine that each entity is essentially unique and at the same time essentially the same as all other entities of its kind.

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indifferentism British  

/ ɪnˈdɪfrənˌtɪzəm, -fərən- /

noun

1. systematic indifference, esp in matters of religion

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Other Word Forms

• indifferentist noun

Etymology

Origin of indifferentism

From the French word indiff érentisme, dating back to 1820–30. See indifferent, -ism

Example Sentences

Today’s Western nationalists argue, also plausibly, that many European distinctives are unlikely to survive if nation-states are weak, mass immigration constant, Christianity and Judaism replaced by indifferentism and Islam, and young elites educated as global citizens without knowing their own home.

From Seattle Times

And what is more, this indifferentism is by no means confined to the “wicked city” but prevails throughout the country in small towns and villages as well as in large cities—except possibly in a few localities where “revivals” have recently stirred the people.

From Salon

This, however, should be no excuse for indifferentism in the work of lessening the sum-total of the evil, and increasing the sum-total of the good.

From Project Gutenberg

His intellectual indifferentism to all that constitutes the solace and bravery of our daily experience is almost pathological.

From Project Gutenberg

From my own standpoint, and remembering the religious indifferentism which is now general in my native country and in France, I regard Unitarianism as the principle which is to save the Christian Church from ruin, and which will be an indestructible bulwark against Nihilism and materialism.

From Project Gutenberg