apathy
Lack of emotion or motivationLack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
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» What is apathy? Certainly nothing earth-shaking.
Was ist Apathie? Sicher nichts Weltbewegendes. — MUIRIEL
MUIRIEL · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
Apathie, Phlegma
апа́тияapátija, безразли́чиеbezrazlíčije, равноду́шиеravnodúšije
апа́тіяapátija, байду́жістьbajdúžistʹ, байду́жністьbajdúžnistʹ
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
Examples
15 sentencesWhat is apathy? Certainly nothing earth-shaking.
deWas ist Apathie? Sicher nichts Weltbewegendes. — MUIRIEL
Apathy is death.
Апатія це смерть. — shanghainese
Politicians are cashing in on public apathy.
dePolitiker verdienen an der Teilnahmslosigkeit der Bürger. — Trinkschokolade
Nothing is more sad than stupidity and apathy.
ruНет ничего печальнее, чем глупость и апатия. — sharptoothed
My apathy for voting comes from my distaste for politics.
ruМоё равнодушие к голосованию исходит из моего отвращения к политике. — megaton
deMeine Wahlunlust kommt von meiner Abneigung gegen Politik. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From French apathie, from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia, “impassibilFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: apathies| Singular | apathy |
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uncountable
Synonyms
27 synonyms- the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally:indifferencenumbnessspiritlessness
Antonyms
8 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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