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ˈæp ə θiap·a·thy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
apathy
Apathy, according to its Greek derivation, is a simple absence of feeling or emotion. There are persons to whom a certain degree of apathy is natural, an innate sluggishness of the emotional nature. In the apathy of despair, a person gives up, without resistance or sensibility, to what he has fiercely struggled to avoid. While apathy is want of feeling, calmness is feeling without agitation. Calmness is the result of strength, courage, or trust; apathy is the result of dulness or weakness. Composure is freedom from agitation or disturbance, resulting ordinarily from force of will, or from perfect confidence in one's own resources. Impassibility is a philosophical term applied to the Deity, as infinitely exalted above all stir of passion or emotion. Unfeelingness, the Saxon word that should be the exact equivalent of apathy, really means more, a lack of the feeling one ought to have, a censurable hardness of heart. Indifference and insensibility designate the absence of feeling toward certain persons or things; apathy, entire absence of feeling. Indifference is a want of interest; insensibility is a want of feeling; unconcern has reference to consequences. We speak of insensibility of heart, immobility of countenance. Stoicism is an intentional suppression of feeling and deadening of sensibilities, while apathy is involuntary. Compare CALM; REST; STUPOR.
Synonyms:
calmness, composure, immobility, impassibility, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, tranquillity, unconcern, unfeelingnessAntonyms:
agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence, violencePreposition:
The apathy of monastic life; apathy toward good.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
apathy
Synonyms:
indifference, insensibility, unfeelingness in company, insusceptibility, unconcern, sluggishness, hebetudeAntonyms:
anxiety, care, eagerness, interestedness, sensibility, susceptibility, sensitiveness, irritability, curiosity
Princeton's WordNet
apathynoun
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
Synonyms:
spiritlessness, indifference, numbnessapathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessnessnoun
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
Synonyms:
phlegm, indifference, impassivity, nonchalance, spiritlessness, unconcern, numbness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, stolidity, unemotionality
Editors Contribution
whatever
nonchalant word for not caring which way something goes
she said, "whatever. it doesn't really matter to me."
Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
apathynoun
Synonyms:
insensibility, impassibility, dispassion, dulness, torpor, coldness, phlegm, indifference, unconcern, unfeelingness, stoicism, want of feeling
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
apathynoun
Synonyms:
dispassion, indifference, unconcern, insensibility
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#22959 | inertia | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#28609 | apathy | |
#37017 | numbness | |
#38525 | tranquillity | |
#41436 | stillness | |
#46334 | composure | |
#53112 | apathetic | |
#54283 | lethargy | |
#59580 | calmness | |
#68540 | quietness | |
#77967 | phlegm | |
#89110 | immobility | |
#91317 | quietude | |
#108653 | stoicism | |
#120897 | sluggishness | |
#158236 | nonchalance | |
#189206 | insensibility | |
#229318 | unconcern |
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From what I've experienced just knocking on doors, there is a lot of voter apathy. Then you see something like your congressman being investigated by the FBI and that leads to even more disillusionment and disenfranchisement, we can not deny the red trend in South Texas.
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When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account.
The government, armed and terrorist groups, continue to kill, maim, rape, torture and take Syria to new lows that seemed unimaginable a few years ago, we need the numbness to the senseless violence and the apparent apathy to end.
maybe it’s just my imagination but I can smell the stench of a decaying humanity wallowing in the throes of hypocrisy, apathy, misery and I take a DEEP breath before stepping out.
Translations for apathy
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- اللامبالاةArabic
- равнодушие, нечувствителност, апатияBulgarian
- apatiaCatalan, Valencian
- apatieCzech
- apatiDanish
- ApathieGerman
- απάθειαGreek
- apatioEsperanto
- apatíaSpanish
- apaatia, ükskõiksusEstonian
- apatiaBasque
- välinpitämättömyys, apatiaFinnish
- kensluloysi, líkasæla, dølskniFaroese
- apathieFrench
- apatíaGalician
- אדישות, אָפַּתְיָהHebrew
- apátiaHungarian
- անտարբերություն, ապատիաArmenian
- apatioIdo
- áhugaleysiIcelandic
- apatiaItalian
- 無感動, 無関心Japanese
- ភាពកន្តើយKhmer
- ನಿರಾಸಕ್ತಿKannada
- apātijaLatvian
- apathieDutch
- apatiaPolish
- apatiaPortuguese
- apatieRomanian
- безразличие, равнодушие, апатияRussian
- apatijaSerbo-Croatian
- apatia, nevšímavosť, ľahostajnosťSlovak
- apatiSwedish
- ilgisizlikTurkish
- بے چینیUrdu
- 冷漠Chinese
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