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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
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
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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