apathy

Word Type

n.

apathy Meaning Definition

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.

Synonyms for apathy

Laodiceanism,abeyance,abstraction,abulia,accidia,acedia,alienation,aloofness,anxiety,anxiety equivalent,anxiety state,ataraxia,ataraxy,benumbedness,blah,blahs,boredom,callousness,calmness,carelessness,casualness,catalepsy,catatonia,catatonic stupor,cave of Trophonius,cave of despair,coldness,comatoseness,compulsion,deadliness,deathliness,dejection,depression,despair,desperateness,desperation,despondency,detachment,disconsolateness,disinterest,disinterestedness,dispassion,dispassionateness,disregard,disregardfulness,dormancy,drowsiness,dullness,easygoingness,elation,emotionalism,enervation,ennui,entropy,euphoria,fatigue,folie du doute,forlornness,halfheartedness,hardness,heartlessness,heaviness,hebetude,heedlessness,hopelessness,hypochondria,hysteria,hysterics,impassiveness,impassivity,inanimation,inappetence,inattention,incuriosity,incuriousness,indifference,indifferentism,indifferentness,indiscrimination,indolence,inertia,inertness,inexcitability,insensibility,insensitivity,insouciance,intellectual inertia,jadedness,lack of affect,lack of appetite,lack of interest,lackadaisicalness,languidness,languishment,languor,languorousness,lassitude,latency,lenitude,lentor,lethargicalness,lethargy,lifelessness,listlessness,lotus-eating,lukewarmness,mania,melancholia,mental distress,mindlessness,negligence,no exit,no way,no way out,nonchalance,numbness,obduracy,obsession,oscitancy,passiveness,passivity,pathological indecisiveness,phlegm,phlegmaticalness,phlegmaticness,plucklessness,pococurantism,preoccupation,psychalgia,psychomotor disturbance,recklessness,regardlessness,resignation,resignedness,satedness,sleepiness,sloth,slothfulness,slowness,sluggishness,somnolence,sopor,soporifousness,spiritlessness,spunklessness,stagnancy,stagnation,stasis,stoicism,stolidity,stupefaction,stupor,supineness,suspense,tic,torpidity,torpidness,torpitude,torpor,twitching,unanxiousness,unawareness,unconcern,uninquisitiveness,uninterestedness,unmindfulness,unresponsiveness,unsolicitousness,vegetation,vis inertiae,weariness,withdrawal,withdrawnness,world-weariness

Synonym Search Links for apathy

Laodiceanismabeyanceabstractionabuliaaccidiaacediaalienationaloofnessanxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateataraxiaataraxybenumbednessblahblahsboredomcallousnesscalmnesscarelessnesscasualnesscatalepsycatatoniacatatonic stuporcave of Trophoniuscave of despaircoldnesscomatosenesscompulsiondeadlinessdeathlinessdejectiondepressiondespairdesperatenessdesperationdespondencydetachmentdisconsolatenessdisinterestdisinterestednessdispassiondispassionatenessdisregarddisregardfulnessdormancydrowsinessdullnesseasygoingnesselationemotionalismenervationennuientropyeuphoriafatiguefolie du douteforlornnesshalfheartednesshardnessheartlessnessheavinesshebetudeheedlessnesshopelessnesshypochondriahysteriahystericsimpassivenessimpassivityinanimationinappetenceinattentionincuriosityincuriousnessindifferenceindifferentismindifferentnessindiscriminationindolenceinertiainertnessinexcitabilityinsensibilityinsensitivityinsoucianceintellectual inertiajadednesslack of affectlack of appetitelack of interestlackadaisicalnesslanguidnesslanguishmentlanguorlanguorousnesslassitudelatencylenitudelentorlethargicalnesslethargylifelessnesslistlessnesslotus-eatinglukewarmnessmaniamelancholiamental distressmindlessnessnegligenceno exitno wayno way outnonchalancenumbnessobduracyobsessionoscitancypassivenesspassivitypathological indecisivenessphlegmphlegmaticalnessphlegmaticnessplucklessnesspococurantismpreoccupationpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancerecklessnessregardlessnessresignationresignednesssatednesssleepinessslothslothfulnessslownesssluggishnesssomnolencesoporsoporifousnessspiritlessnessspunklessnessstagnancystagnationstasisstoicismstoliditystupefactionstuporsupinenesssuspensetictorpiditytorpidnesstorpitudetorportwitchingunanxiousnessunawarenessunconcernuninquisitivenessuninterestednessunmindfulnessunresponsivenessunsolicitousnessvegetationvis inertiaewearinesswithdrawalwithdrawnnessworld-weariness