apathy
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| 1. | absence of interest in or enthusiasm for things generally considered interesting or moving |
| 2. | absence of emotion |
| [C17: from Latin, from Greek apatheia, from apathēs without feeling, from | |
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Word Origin & History
apathy
c.1600, "freedom from suffering," from Fr. apathie (16c.), from L. apathia, from Gk. apatheia "freedom from suffering, impassability," from apathes "without feeling," from a- "without" + pathos "emotion, feeling, suffering" (see pathos). Originally a positive quality; sense
of "indolence of mind, indifference to what should excite" is from c.1733.
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Medical Dictionary
apathy ap·a·thy (āp'ə-thē)
n.
Lack of interest, concern, or emotion; indifference.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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apathy
in Stoic philosophy, condition of being totally free from the pathe, which roughly are the emotions and passions, notably pain, fear, desire, and pleasure. Although remote origins of the doctrine can probably be found in the Cynics (second half of the 4th century BC), it was Zeno of Citium (4th-3rd century BC) who explicitly taught that the pathe were to be extirpated entirely.
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Example sentences
Another reason for employees' apathy may be the lack of spare cash, particularly if they are not paid much.
Just don't let it turn into apathy and a refusal to learn how things really work.
Much is made of the subdued mood on election day and the apathy felt by many voters towards what seemed a foregone conclusion.
Apathy is too widespread to ever be countered by such insidious measures.
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