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apathy noun [ ˈapəθi ]

• lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
• "widespread apathy among students"
Similar: indifference, lack of interest, lack of enthusiasm, lack of concern, unconcern, uninterestedness, unresponsiveness, impassivity, passivity, passiveness, detachment, dispassion, dispassionateness, lack of involvement, phlegm, coolness, listlessness, lethargy, languor, lassitude, torpor, boredom, ennui, accidie, acedia, mopery,
Opposite: enthusiasm, interest, passion,
Origin: early 17th century: from French apathie, via Latin from Greek apatheia, from apathēs ‘without feeling’, from a- ‘without’ + pathos ‘suffering’.


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