apathy
apathies
Use the noun apathy when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another.
Although apathy is a lazy-sounding word indicating a lack of interest, action, or emotion, it has traveled through many languages to arrive in English. From the Greek apatheia, "freedom from suffering" or "impassibility," apathy has existed in English since the 17th century. Not just one person, but a whole segment of the population can be accused of inaction or emotional detachment: the expressions voter apathy, student apathy, and consumer apathy show just how unenthusiastic groups of people can be.
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an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
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types:
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emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
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languor, lassitude, listlessness
a feeling of lack of interest or energy
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type of:
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feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality
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the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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synonyms:
indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
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type of:
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passiveness, passivity
the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
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passiveness, passivity
Vocabulary lists containing apathy
This list of warm-up words features common words on the test that you're probably familiar with. Brush up on these words first to make sure that you start off strong while taking the GRE.
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