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désintéressement

désintéressement noun: neutrality; renunciation of involvement or (especially territorial) ambitions.

Noun

désintéressement (uncountable)

  1. Neutrality; renunciation of involvement or (especially territorial) ambitions.
    • She demanded, among other things, the whole of S. Tirol, with the boundaries of the Italian kingdom of 1811, Gorizia and Gradisca, and the conversion of Trieste with its surrounding territory into a community independent of Austria-Hungary; […] and a declaration of Austria-Hungary’s...1922, Alfred Francis Pribram, “Austrian Empire”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 12th edition, volume 30, page 336
    • P.M. said he had foreseen this, and to meet it, and stop it, had idea that we should put before France, Poland and Soviet a text of a declaration of non-désinteressement.1939 March 19, Alexander Cadogan, edited by David Dilks, The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan: 1938–45, published 1971, page 161

Origin of désintéressement

Borrowed from French désintéressement (“disinterest, detachment”).

Questions about désintéressement

What does désintéressement mean?
Désintéressement means neutrality; renunciation of involvement or (especially territorial) ambitions.
What part of speech is désintéressement?
Désintéressement is a noun.

Words near désintéressement in the dictionary

  1. dérailleur
  2. dérailleurs
  3. dérive
  4. dérives
  5. déshabillé
  6. désintéressement
  7. Désirée
  8. désoeuvré
  9. détente
  10. détentes
  11. détourn

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