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• CygnusZero4

  I'm writing a paper and trying to find a single word, maybe two, that somehow represents a type of person who is indifferent to things such as politics and religion.

  Someone who prefers not to choose sides and is more concerned about working together with people to get things done rather than spend their time pointing fingers and attacking those who don't see things exactly as they do.

  The closest I've come is acedia, but I think that's more of a negative thing, defined as laziness or indifference in religious matters. It's connected to sloth one of the 7 deadly sins, prefer something a bit more positive.

  Might be shooting in the dark here, not sure there is a single word or 2 that described someone like this.

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• spendogg

  Apathetic?

  • <– fadein11

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:32 a.m. – Permalink

• ernexbcn

  Political agnostics?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:32 a.m. – Permalink

• Stian

  Pragmatic?

  • < surely this?– babaganush1/3

    Yep also good. Saving these in a text file, need as many as I can get.– CygnusZero42/3

    Cool. More the merrier huh? :)– babaganush3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:33 a.m. – Permalink

• CygnusZero4

  Ah cool good responses so far. I'll take as much as I can get so if anything comes to anyones mind keep posting. Really appreciate it.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:35 a.m. – Permalink

• drgs

  Human cattle, lemming

  • lol– ukit21/2

    As usual you've clearly missed the point...– set2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:37 a.m. – Permalink

• vaxorcist

  nonideological

  • Oohh great one, thanks.– CygnusZero4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:37 a.m. – Permalink

• CygnusZero4

  I keep stumbling on negative terms. Another is absentia, which is someone who is absent, someone who just hides which isnt really what I'm looking for.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:38 a.m. – Permalink

• babaganush

  Altruistic? Perhaps too far in the positive direction.

  • No, positive is good.– CygnusZero41/5

    'unselfish devotion to the welfare of others'– babaganush2/5

    Yep exactly what I'm looking for here.– CygnusZero43/5

    this one's my fav so far :)– exador14/5

    this is not altruism– doesnotexist5/5

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:38 a.m. – Permalink

• drgs

  Shiteaters

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:43 a.m. – Permalink

• babaganush

  Nonpartisan - more political really. Apolitical.

  • Kind of need something that isn't just specific to politics.– CygnusZero4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:44 a.m. – Permalink

• 23kon

  "meh!" ?

  • hehe– CygnusZero4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:44 a.m. – Permalink

• Gnash

  Phlegmatic facilitator

  • or stolid facilitator– Gnash

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:47 a.m. – Permalink

• ORAZAL

  Chiffe molle

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit2

  Comfortably numb

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink

• ORAZAL

  floosie

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Mr_Right

  Troll

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 7:55 a.m. – Permalink

• ORAZAL

  Of course it's negative. What kind of compromise would this person propose to death penalty, tetraplegia?

  • Tetraplegia by torture ™– ORAZAL

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 8 a.m. – Permalink

• sine

  cynical

  • Logical, fanatical... criminal.– ernexbcn

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 8:03 a.m. – Permalink

• ORAZAL

  Fuck it, let's make it PaulMcCarthy day
  

  • who is Paul McCartney?– ernexbcn1/3

    hehe– sine2/3

    ha haa what the fuck?!– dbloc3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 8:18 a.m. – Permalink

• sherm

  flip flopper
  fence rider
  neutral
  neutron (having trouble finding a word that equals a mindset related to .. perhaps its neutral)

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 12, 8:26 a.m. – Permalink