apathy
English
Etymology
From French apathie, from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia, “impassibility”, “insensibility”, “freedom from emotion”), from ἀπαθής (apathḗs, “not suffering or having suffered”, “without experience of”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πάθος (páthos, “anything that befalls one”, “incident”, “emotion”, “passion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.pə.θi/
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Noun
apathy (usually uncountable, plural apathies)
- Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
- 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 2, in Frankenstein:
- I opened it with apathy; the theory which he attempts to demonstrate and the wonderful facts which he relates soon changed this feeling into enthusiasm.
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Synonyms
- indifference
- neutrality
Antonyms
- empathy
- sympathy
Related terms
- apatheism (noun)
- apathetic (adjective)
- apatheia (noun)
Translations
lack of emotion or motivation
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Anagrams
- Pyhtää