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[ ap-uh-thet-ik ] / ˌæp əˈθɛt ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR apathetic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior. not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience. Origin of apatheticFirst recorded in 1735–45; apath(y) + (path)etic SYNONYMS FOR apathetic1 unfeeling, impassive, cool. 2 uninterested, unconcerned. SEE SYNONYMS FOR apathetic ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR apathetic1 emotional. 2 concerned. SEE ANTONYMS FOR apathetic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM apatheticap·a·thet·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby apatheticapartmentize, Passage to India, A, apast, apastron, apatetic, apathetic, apathism, apathy, apatite, apatosaurus, APB Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for apathetic“The song was awkward for Marxist critics because of its apathetic character,” the scholar Franz Mennemeier noted. Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75|Katie Baker|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pitre is right, combat is about screw-ups, bad officers, apathetic contractors, regret, unfairness, and impossible missions. 'Fives and Twenty-Fives' Is Fiction Honed in a Combat Zone|Brian Castner|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not until a second officer was summoned was she dragged from the train as a crowd of apathetic spectators looked on. How a Racist Newspaper Defeated Lincoln in New York in the 1864 Election|Harold Holzer|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST The day before he died, Ready harangued on Facebook against “traitors in office” and an “apathetic public.” Jason Todd Ready, an Arizona White Supremacist, Kills Four, Then Himself|Terry Greene Sterling|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Revolution 2.0 narrates a fascinating but narrow slice of the process through which apathetic and passive people are politicized. 'Revolution 2.0' and 'Liberation Square' Reviewed|Thanassis Cambanis|January 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST Ideas that come into the mind when we are in an apathetic state, make no permanent lodgment. In the School-Room|John S. Hart Many have fancied and accused her of being cold and apathetic. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall You are angry, Colonel Menendez, but I would rather see you angry than apathetic. His sensitive spirit was much grieved by its apathetic character. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879|Various Then the apathetic recoil which is apt to follow any keen emotion overtook him. Trent's Trust and Other Stories|Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for apathetic
adjectivehaving or showing little or no emotion; indifferent Derived forms of apatheticapathetically, adverbWord Origin for apatheticC18: from apathy + pathetic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to apatheticuninterested, callous, passive, stoic, laid-back, indifferent, blah, cold, cool, could care less, emotionless, flat, impassive, insensible, languid, moony, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling Medical definitions for apathetic
adj.Lacking interest or concern; indifferent. Other words from apatheticap′a•thet′i•cal•ly adv.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |