apathete
English
Etymology
From apathy, apathetic, on the pattern of æsthete.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæpəθiːt/
Noun
apathete (plural apathetes)
- An apathetic person; one given to apathy.
- 1976: Christopher G. A. Bryant, Sociology in Action: A Critique of Selected Conceptions of the Social Role of the Sociologist, page 145 (Allen and Unwin; →ISBN, 9780043000588)
- He does not condemn the apathete, indeed he recognises that the alienating character of most industrial and commercial work affects leisure too; […]
- 2007: Will Self & Ralph Steadman, Psychogeography, page 42 (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.; →ISBN, 9780747590330)
- I remember that afternoon in SoHo because it was on my first, conscious trip to New York; and even an experienced apathete such as myself – the shirker of the Taj Mahal, the dodger of the Alhambra – was still struck by how inappropriate this seemed.
- 1976: Christopher G. A. Bryant, Sociology in Action: A Critique of Selected Conceptions of the Social Role of the Sociologist, page 145 (Allen and Unwin; →ISBN, 9780043000588)
Synonyms
- apathist
Related terms
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- apatheia
- apathesis
- apathetic
- apathic
- apathize
- apathy
Translations
an apathetic person
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