Synonyms for apathy
ˈæp ə θiap·a·thy

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1. 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, unfeelingness

   Antonyms:
   agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence, violence

   Preposition:
   The apathy of monastic life; apathy toward good.

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1. apathy

   Synonyms:
   indifference, insensibility, unfeelingness in company, insusceptibility, unconcern, sluggishness, hebetude

   Antonyms:
   anxiety, care, eagerness, interestedness, sensibility, susceptibility, sensitiveness, irritability, curiosity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apathynoun

   an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

   Synonyms:
   spiritlessness, indifference, numbness

2. apathy, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Passivity

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1. 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  

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1. apathynoun

   Synonyms:
   insensibility, impassibility, dispassion, dulness, torpor, coldness, phlegm, indifference, unconcern, unfeelingness, stoicism, want of feeling

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1. apathynoun

   Synonyms:
   dispassion, indifference, unconcern, insensibility

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1. List of paraphrases for "apathy":

   indifference, lethargy, nonchalance, inertia, apathetic

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1. List of known nicknames for "Apathy":

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How to use apathy in a sentence?

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   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.

2. Helen Keller, My Religion, 1927:

   Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

3. Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia:

   I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy.

4. Haniel Long:

   When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account.

5. Arnold J. Toynbee:

   Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.