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 Definitions of apathy  [ˈæp ə θi]  

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Definition of 'apathy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) apathy
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.

2.  apathy
lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.

Etymology:  (1595–1605; (< F) < L apathīa < Gk apátheia insensibility to suffering)

Definition of 'apathy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) apathy
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

2. (noun) apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally


Definition of 'apathy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) apathy
want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion


Translation of 'apathy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a lack of interest or enthusiasm
his apathy towards his work.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: apatie Arabic flag Arabic: لامُبالاه، فُتور الشُّعور Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: апатия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: apatia Czech flag Czech: lhostejnost German flag German: die Apathie
Danish flag Danish: ligegyldighed; apati Greek flag Greek: απάθεια Spanish flag Spanish: apatía
Estonian flag Estonian: ükskõiksus Farsi flag Farsi: بی علاقگی Finnish flag Finnish: apatia
French flag French: apathie Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֲדִישוּת Hindi flag Hindi: उदासीनता
Croatian flag Croatian: apatija Hungarian flag Hungarian: apátia Indonesian flag Indonesian: masa bodoh, apati
Icelandic flag Icelandic: áhugaleysi Italian flag Italian: apatia Japanese flag Japanese: 無関心
Korean flag Korean: 무감동 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apatija Latvian flag Latvian: apātija; vienaldzība
Malay flag Malay: kurang berminat Dutch flag Dutch: apathie Norwegian flag Norwegian: likegyldighet, apati
Polish flag Polish: apatia Persian flag Persian: بی علاقگی Pashto flag Pashto: بی علاقګی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: apatia Romanian flag Romanian: apatie Russian flag Russian: безразличие; апатия
Slovak flag Slovak: ľahostajnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: otopelost Serbian flag Serbian: ravnodušnost
Swedish flag Swedish: apati, likgiltighet Thai flag Thai: การขาดความกระตือรือร้น Turkish flag Turkish: ilgisizlik, kayıtsızlık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 冷淡 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: апатія, байдужість Urdu flag Urdu: بے پروائی ، سرد مہری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính thờ ơ Chinese flag Chinese: 冷淡

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