Do not care how it is? The meaning of the word and its synonyms

Perhaps the statement seems very controversial, but "indifferent" is a word expressing the almost metaphysical mood of mankind. That is, most do not care what the neighbor is doing there. This approach has both advantages and disadvantages, but before talking about the metaphysical aspect of life, let's talk about the linguistic. Simply put, we will clarify the meaning of the word under investigation and call it synonyms for it.

Meaning

In this case, we do not take the content of the word, which everyone can vary according to his taste and preferences, but rely solely on the dictionary. The latter gives us four meanings of the adjective "indifferent", which is organically associated with an adverb, which has fallen into the zone of attention.

1. A person who does not exude interest in anyone or anything. For example, there are people who love ballet and football. And some adore both. But more often, some like Baryshnikov, and others - Messi. Depending on what the audience watches with more willingness, they do not care about either football or ballet affairs. In other words, the spectators of football do not care what happens in the ballet, and vice versa.
2. Characteristics of a person who expresses a certain attitude to reality. He is almost indifferent to everything, this attitude will not surprise anyone today. For example, the hero of the novel Camus "Outsider" Mersault - indifferent to the world of man.
3. So they say about a man who is indifferent to everyone. An anecdote is heard about the Elusive Joe.
4. When two things are compared, and one from the other is no different, they say that he is indifferent. For example, two socks in one package. In other words, indistinguishable against the general background.

This is the meaning of the word "indifferent" in full.

Synonyms

We do not think that when examining substitutions, the reader will discover something new for himself, although everything can be. So, the synonyms are as follows:

• Does not matter.
• Indifferent.
• Apathetic.
• It is irrelevant.
• Indifferent.
• Uninterested.
• Passively.
• Inert.

To some extent these words replace the adverb "it does not matter", it is obvious. You could add "boredom" here. But boredom is already, in the words of I. Brodsky, an "active attitude" to being, and disinterestedness implies passivity. Therefore, we did not include spiritual longing here, but the reader can use this kind of substitution if he needs it.

The reverse side of success

Western civilization has long stood on efficiency and effectiveness. Therefore, when a person is in a corporation in the broadest sense of the word, then much does not matter to him. This is normal. When the deadlines are constantly burning, a lot of work. The human psyche sweeps away the excess and focuses on the main thing. There is no power even to sympathize with parents. In the XIX century, the hero of our time was Pechorin, and in the XXI century it was Merso. Is there an exit? Of course! Realize the relativity of corporate values. And most importantly, to understand that money is not everything.