APATHY

apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness

(noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

apathy

(noun) an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

apathy (usually uncountable, plural apathies)

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

Synonyms: indifference, neutrality

Antonyms: empathy, sympathy

Anagrams

• Pyhtää

Source: Wiktionary

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Ap"a*thy, n.; pl. Apathies. Etym: [L. apathia, Gr. apathie. See Pathos.]

Definition: Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

Note: In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.

Syn.

– Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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