apathy
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apathy
- /ˈæ.pə.θi/
Where it comes from
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”). Doublet of apatheia, which was borrowed directly from Ancient Greek.
noun apathies
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Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
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.
Similar: indifference, neutrality, unconcern, acedia, accedie, apathy, boredom, carefreeness, carelessness, coolness, disinterest, disregard · Opposite: concern, sympathy, interest, care
Opposite: concern, enthusiasm, excitement, interest, passion, vigour
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: spiritlessness, indifference, futility, inaction, apathetic, ignorance, inattention, nonchalance, passivity, recklessness, passiveness, neglect, stagnation, inactivity, disregard, lethargy
noun
Opposite: concern, enthusiasm, excitement, interest, passion, vigour
Translations
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noun lack of emotion or motivation
| Español | apatía, displicencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무감동 mugamdong, 무관심 mugwansim, 냉담 naengdam |
| 日本語 | 無感動 mukandō, 無関心 mukanshin |
| 中文 | 冷漠 lěngmò |
| हिन्दी | अनुरागहीनता anurāghīntā, उदासीनता udāsīntā, उपेक्षा upekṣā, संवेदनहीनता samvednahīntā |
| Português | apatia, desânimo |
| Français | apathie |
| Deutsch | Apathie, Phlegma |
| Italiano | apatia |
| Ελληνικά | απάθεια apátheia |
| Română | apatie |
| Русский | апа́тия apátija, безразли́чие bezrazlíčije, равноду́шие ravnodúšije |
| العربية | لَامُبَالَاة lā-mubālāh, عَدَم اِكْتِرَاث ʕadam iktirāṯ, خُمُول ḵumūl |
| עברית | אדישות adishut, אָפַּתְיָה apatia |
Talk about this word "apathy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/apathy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. apathy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/apathy "apathy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/apathy.Cite this
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title = {apathy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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