Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disinterestedness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disinterestedness \Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of
which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes
found in woman. --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disinterestedness
n : freedom from bias or selfish motives


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