равнодушный

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Russian

Etymology

равноду́шие (ravnodúšije) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

равноду́шный (ravnodúšnyj) (adverb равноду́шно)

  1. indifferent, apathetic (void of feeling)
    Antonym: неравноду́шный (neravnodúšnyj)
    • 1877, Лев Толстой, “Часть V Глава X”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      — Прошу́ поко́рно, — сказа́л он, стара́ясь име́ть равноду́шный вид, и, войдя́ в се́ни, доста́л ключ из карма́на и о́тпер дверь.
      — Prošú pokórno, — skazál on, starájasʹ imétʹ ravnodúšnyj vid, i, vojdjá v séni, dostál ključ iz karmána i ótper dverʹ.
      "Please step in," he said, trying to look indifferent, and going into the passage he took a key out of his pocket and opened the door.
    • 1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава седьмая”, in Человек на часах; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., The Sentry, 1923:
      Сви́ньин был равноду́шен к тому́, порица́ют и́ли хва́лят его́ «гумани́сты».
      Svínʹin byl ravnodúšen k tomú, poricájut íli xváljat jevó «gumanísty».
      Svinin was indifferent to whether he would be blamed or praised by the "humanitarians."

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