apathy
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
Also ap·a·thei·a, ap·a·thi·a [ap-uh-thee-uh]. /ˌæp əˈθi ə/. Stoicism. freedom from emotion of any kind.
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How to use apathy in a sentence
They need to change the conversation about their team, which is full of doubt and apathy.
The Wizards’ reboot needs to start with trading both John Wall and Bradley Beal | Jerry Brewer | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostMen don’t have that kind of apathy for women like Dean does.
Norm Crosby, comedian who mangled words with great extinction, dies at 93 | Harrison Smith | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostIt reflects a lack of seriousness, some ambivalence and apathy on the part of the creative community and the inability of different companies to really set in place policies and procedures that would change the status quo.
Despite some gains in the past year, Hollywood still has inclusion problems, study says | radmarya | September 10, 2020 | FortuneI don’t think most psychologists would use the word “apathy.”
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Ep. 334 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 9, 2020 | FreakonomicsWe all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.”
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Ep. 334 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 9, 2020 | Freakonomics
The dire fatalism that dominated the discourse then is gone, replaced largely with a practiced apathy.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe result is safe seats that lead to apathy and voter impotence, leading logically to ever-declining voter turnout.
Hate Hyper-Partisanship? Support Redistricting Reform Now | John Avlon | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd one arena in which to stage that confrontation—with madness, apathy, family dysfunction, poverty, etc.—is the theater.
Broadway Was Made for Tupac | Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marcyliena Morgan | July 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo basic characteristics not related to memory are apathy and indifference or callousness.
Does Donald Sterling Have Dementia? And Does That Make Him Any Less of a Racist? | Robert Silverman | May 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSilence and apathy are key ingredients to a tasty helping of bigotry.
Female Journalist Gets Rape Threats Over Comic Book Criticism | Tauriq Moosa | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI've been in a sort of mental apathy since I got back—the result, I suppose, of so much artistic excitement all summer.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThe narrative had excited him out of his apathy and physical exhaustion, the confession shaken the rigidity from his mind.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe studied Madame Roland with even more of stoical apathy than another man would study a book which he admires.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe school-children, owing to a more liberal educational system, had lost the customary look of apathy.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanFrom the fatal slumber of religious apathy into which the church was falling it was to be rudely awakened.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
British Dictionary definitions for apathy
/ (ˈæpəθɪ) /
absence of interest in or enthusiasm for things generally considered interesting or moving
absence of emotion
Origin of apathy
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