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Look up: apathy

  1. apathy
    [Noun] A lack of interest or enthusiasm.
    Example: Few young people voted in the last general election, due to apathy.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. apathy
    [n] - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm 2. [n] - the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. apathy
    a feeling and an attitude of indifference and insensitivity to people and events; A passive, helpless and unhelping behaviour in case of crisis; Insensibility to suffering Category: Management in the public and private sector
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Apathy
    Ap'a·thy noun ; plural Apathies [ Latin apathia , Greek ...; 'a priv. + ..., from ..., ..., to suffer: confer French apathie . See Pathos .] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; d...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/100

  5. apathy
    <psychology> The lack of feeling or emotion, indifference. ... Origin: Gr. Apatheia ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. apathy
    noun an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. apathy
    numbness noun the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. apathy
    (ap´ә-the) lack of feeling or emotions; indifference.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Apathy
    • (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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. apathy
    in Stoic philosophy, condition of being totally free from the path, which roughly are the emotions and passions, notably pain, fear, desire, and ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/86

  11. apathy
    (Gr. apatheia) lack of feeling or emotion; indifference.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  12. apathy
    apathy 1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference. 2. Freedom from, or insensibility to, suffering; hence, freedom from or insensibility to passion or feeling; passionless existence. From 1847, Lewes Historical Philosophy, “Apathy was...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. apathy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ap′ă-thē Definitions: 1. Indifference; absence of interest in the environment. Often one of the earliest signs of cerebral disease.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  14. apathy
    • an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
    • the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

    Found on

  15. Apathy
    `Apathy` (also called `impassivity` or `perfunctoriness`) is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical or physical lif...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apathy

  16. Apathy
    (rapper) `Chad Bromley` (born March 8, 1979), better known as `Apathy` (formerly Apathy the Alien Tongue) is an underground rapper and producer from Willimantic, Connecticut. He attended high school at various schools in Connecticut. He is a re-founding member and unofficial leader of the Dem...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apathy



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