apathetic

English

Alternative forms

• apathetical

Etymology

apathy +‎ -etic

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æp.əˈθɛt.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

apathetic (comparative more apathetic, superlative most apathetic)

1. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.

   Synonyms: passionless, indifferent

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 167:

     He then added a few general offers of service, but offered as if he would be glad if they were accepted; and when Guido knelt for his parting benediction, it was given with a warmth and sincerity not often used by the apathetic and haughty minister.

2. Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

Synonyms

• incurious, indifferent, impassive
• See also: Thesaurus:calm

Derived terms

• apathetically

Related terms

• apatheism
• apatheist

Translations

void of feeling

• Albanian: apatik (sq)
• Bulgarian: апатичен (bg) (apatičen), безстрастен (bg) (bezstrasten), равнодушен (bg) (ravnodušen)
• Catalan: apàtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漠然 (zh) (mòrán)

• Czech: apatický (cs)
• Dutch: apathisch (nl), onverschillig (nl)
• Esperanto: apatia (eo)
• Finnish: apaattinen (fi)
• French: indifférent (fr)
• Galician: apático
• German: apathisch (de), ungerührt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπαθής (apathḗs)

• Hungarian: apatikus (hu), fásult (hu), egykedvű (hu), unott (hu), közönyös (hu), érzéketlen (hu)
• Icelandic: áhugalaus
• Ido: apatioza (io)
• Indonesian: apatis (id)
• Irish: fuarchúiseach
• Italian: apatico (it), atono (it)
• Japanese: 無感動な (mukandō na)
• Maori: hūhē, koroukore
• Norwegian: apatisk
• Polish: apatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: apático (pt)
• Russian: апати́чный (ru) (apatíčnyj), равноду́шный (ru) (ravnodúšnyj), безразли́чный (ru) (bezrazlíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: apatetičan, апатетичан, apatičan (sh), апатичан
• Spanish: apático (es), indiferente (es), desganado (es)
• Swedish: apatisk (sv)
• Vietnamese: vô cảm (vi)

References

• “apathetic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.