apatyk
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French apathique.[1] By surface analysis, back-formation from apatyczny.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editapatyk m pers (female equivalent apatyczka)
- (psychology) apathete
- 1995, Barbara Stanosz, Z punktu widzenia humanizmu: wybór tekstów[1], Instytut Wydawniczy Książka i Prasa, page 88:
- Wreszcie, doskonały apatyk odpowiada i na życzliwość i na wrogość neutralnością.
- Finally, a perfect apathete answers to both friendliness and hostility with neutrality.
- 1986, Sławomir Mrożek, Teatr 1[2], Noir sur Blanc:
- Pierwszy raz zdarza mi się coś podobnego.
Co? Apatyka pani nie widziała?- That's the first time something like that has happened to me.
What? Didn't you see the apethete?
- That's the first time something like that has happened to me.
- 2020, Helena Mniszkówna, chapter 14, in Magnesy serc[3], Lindhardt og Ringhof:
- Albo był zły i zdenerwowany, sam nie wiedząc czego chce, albo satyryk chlaszczący wszystko i wszystkich swojem szyderstwem, albo krańcowy apatyk.
- He was either angry or annoyed, he himself didn't know what he wanted, either a satirist cutting everyone and everything with his ridicule, or an extreme apethete.
Declension
editDeclension of apatyk
Related terms
editadjective
adverb
nouns
verb
- apatycznieć impf
References
edit- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “apatyk”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- apatyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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