apathies

Meanings

• noun

  Lack of emotion, interest, or concern; emotional indifference.

  - "The crowd showed apathies towards the speaker."
  - "His apathies towards his job were evident in his lackluster performance."

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Variants

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apathies , apathy

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Etymology

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From the Greek word 'apatheia', meaning 'feeling no passion' or 'feeling nothing'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'apathy' was first used in English in the 15th century.

2. The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote about apathies as a desirable state for achieving inner peace and tranquility.

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Related Concepts

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1. emotional detachment: A state of being emotionally disconnected from others or from one's own emotions.

2. indifference: A lack of concern or interest in something.

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Quotes

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1. That's the danger of a teeming cast of … characters: they get jumbled in the viewer's mind, and … "apathy" ensues. Novels can afford a rich banquet of personalities; it's what readers sign up for. But ratiocination isn't welcome in modern movies, which prefer visceral impact over intellect.

   - Richard Corliss,{it}Time{/it},20 Oct. 2008

2. According to the polls, "the American people, as opposed to some of their leaders, seek no converts to their ideology." And they are not "cultural imperialists." Maybe not. But this reserve seems grounded less in humility (60 percent of Americans consider their culture "superior to others") than in "apathy".

   - Robert Wright,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},14 May 2006

3. The result could well be further inequality of political information, with avid followers of politics becoming ever more knowledgeable while the rest of the public slips deeper into political "apathy".

   - Martin P. Wattenberg,{it}Atlantic{/it},October 1998

4. But short of such complete "apathy", there are other neurological conditions in which the capacity for genuine emotion is compromised. One sees this in some forms of autism, in the "flat affect" of some schizophrenics.  … But here, as with Harry, music can often break through, if only in a limited way or for a brief time, and release seemingly normal emotions.

   - Oliver Sacks,{it}Musicophilia{/it},2008

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Culture

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In literature, apathies have been depicted as a symptom of depression or indifference. In art, apathies have been portrayed through images of empty or desolate landscapes.

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2. associate
   

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'apathies' as 'a-path-ease', meaning a lack of emotion or ease.

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