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Adjective
/ˌapəˈTHetik/,
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Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern,
  1. Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
    • - apathetic slackers who don't vote
  1. showing little or no emotion or animation; "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older"
  2. marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent"
  3. (apathetically) in an apathetic manner; "she behaves apathetically these days"
  4. (apathy) an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  5. (apathy) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
  6. 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, or physical life. ...
  7. (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. ...
  8. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent; Of, or pertaining to apatheism
  9. (apathy) Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest
  10. (11) apathetically) (adverb)  acting as if not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive; or   having or showing little or no emotion
  11. (apathy) a feeling of personal non-interest or unconcern with politics.
  12. (apathy (n)) Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference
  13. (apathy) (n) - lack of caring, indifference
  14. ("Apathy") or apatheia (Greek απάθεια, "absence of feeling"), is a philosophical term originally used by the Stoics to signify a condition of being totally free from the pathe, emotions and passions such as pain, fear, desire, and pleasure. ...
  15. (APATHY) A state of not caring; not wanting to know; complacency; indifference; to ignore; disinterested in contemplation; anesthetized by popular culture; a postmodern intellectual narcosis; compassion fatigue; too lazy; too busy; self-indulgence; limited choices in work and leisure-time; non- ...
  16. (APATHY) Boredom, Idleness, Laziness, Neglect, Passivity, Sloth.
  17. (Apathy) The natural result of being told lies and false prophecies which can never come true
  18. (Apathy) decrease in motivation, initiation, interest in life; indifference
  19. (Apathy) establishes goals, assign tasks, confront
  20. (Apathy) the state of being torpid, absence of any desires and indifference towards the surroundings
  21. (apathy) a complete withdrawal from person or people. There is no real attempt to contact oneself and no attempt to contact others. A very docile and obedient, if sick, state of not-beingness. It is near death or an imitation of death. For example, a person in apathy would say, “What’s the use? ...
  22. Apathy is an 'I don't care' attitude. In a rugged frontier environment like the Moon, Apathy kills people who don't care enough to be careful about pressure suits, air supplies, etc. [See: Pressure Suit, Suit Discipline.]
  23. Because of his supine position and air of detachment, the idler is too often accused—by "serious," "committed," and "active" persons—of being apathetic. ...