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Antonyms for apathy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ap-uh-thee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp ə θi

Definition of apathy

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun uncaring attitude, lack of interest
Example sentences :
  • Now, she was sunken in an apathy that saved her from the worst pangs of misery.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • She had drawn a shawl over her head and was sunk in the apathy of despair or drink.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • I remember for the most part only a dull agony, interchanging with apathy.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • My apathy was attacked with gradually increasing energy of praise.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • She did not speak again, falling back into her former state of apathy.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Soon Farnese, through his excessive tyranny, stung them out of their apathy.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He looked at her quickly, but her eyes expressed only apathy.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • She has neuralgia and long stretches of apathy, and other ills.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick
  • It was as if our stomachs, in despair at not receiving any food, had sunk into apathy.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • For it is not your action that revolts me; it is your apathy, your flabbiness, your cowardice!
  • Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc

Synonyms for apathy

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