apathy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

   Voter apathy led to a record-low turnout.

Simplified etymology

Apathy, recorded in the early 17th century, derives from Greek apathēs, meaning “without feeling.” It belongs to the family of Greek pathos, “suffering, disease, feeling.”

From Greek apatheia ('freedom from suffering, impassivity'), from apathēs ('without feeling'), from a- ('without') + pathos ('feeling, suffering').

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