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Definition of Apathy
1. Noun. An absence of emotion or enthusiasm.
Generic synonyms: Feeling
Specialized synonyms: Emotionlessness, Impassiveness, Impassivity, Indifference, Phlegm, Stolidity, Unemotionality, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness
Derivative terms: Apathetic, Apathetic
Specialized synonyms: Emotionlessness, Impassiveness, Impassivity, Indifference, Phlegm, Stolidity, Unemotionality, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness
Derivative terms: Apathetic, Apathetic
2. Noun. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.
Exact synonyms: Indifference, Numbness, Spiritlessness
Generic synonyms: Passiveness, Passivity
Derivative terms: Apathetic, Apathetic, Indifferent, Numb, Spiritless, Spiritless
Generic synonyms: Passiveness, Passivity
Derivative terms: Apathetic, Apathetic, Indifferent, Numb, Spiritless, Spiritless
Definition of Apathy
1. n. 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.
Definition of Apathy
1. lack of emotion [n -THIES]
Medical Definition of Apathy
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