apathy
Meanings
Plural: apathies
Noun
- an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
- the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
- Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
Origin / Etymology
From 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.
Synonyms
accedie, acedia, apathy, boredom, carefreeness, carelessness, coolness, disinterest, disregard, doldrums, ennui, heedlessness, indifference, insouciance, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, malaise, melancholia, melancholy, neutrality, numbness, spiritlessness, unconcern, unease, weltschmerz
Antonyms
care, concern, enthusiasm, excitement, interest, passion, sympathy, vigour
Scrabble Score: 14
apathy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordapathy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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