Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun, plural ap·a·thies.
- 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.
noun
- absence of interest in or enthusiasm for things generally considered interesting or moving
- absence of emotion
c.1600, “freedom from suffering,” from French apathie (16c.), from Latin apathia, from Greek apatheia “freedom from suffering, impassability, want of sensation,” from apathes “without feeling, without suffering or having suffered,” from a- “without” (see a- (3)) + pathos “emotion, feeling, suffering” (see pathos). Originally a positive quality; sense of “indolence of mind, indifference to what should excite” is from c.1733.
n.
- Lack of interest, concern, or emotion; indifference.