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apathy|ˈæpəθɪ|
[a. Fr. apathie, ad. L. apathīa, a. Gr. ἀπάθεια, n. of state f. ἀπαθής without feeling, f. ἀ priv. + παθε- (πάθος) suffering, passion.]
1. Freedom from, or insensibility to, suffering; hence, freedom from, or insensibility to, passion or feeling; passionless existence.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 74 They..do terme those joies, those promptitudes of the will..by the name of Eupathies, i.[e.] good affections and not of Apathies, that is to say, Impassibilities. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 469/2 He, from his Apathy and the Tranquillity of his life, had the attribute of fortunate bestow'd on him. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. x. (1675) 214 Because the Passions are (sometimes) Mutinous, to wish an Apathy. 1732Pope Ess. Man ii. 91 In lazy Apathy let Stoic's boast Their virtue fix'd. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. I. 360 Apathy was considered by the Stoics as the highest condition of Humanity.
2. Indolence of mind, indifference to what is calculated to move the feelings, or to excite interest or action.
a1733North Lives II. 158 He wanted a good general apathy..[i.e.] 1. as to himself, equanimity; 2. as to all others, indifference. a1764R. Lloyd Poetry Prof. Wks. 1774 I. 35 Forsake their apathy a while. 1820Lamb Imperf. Symp., Ess. (1876) III. 220, I am..a bundle of prejudices..the veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies. 1855Prescott Philip II, I. ii. vi. 202 A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him..to leave events to take their own course.
3. transf. (of the markets, etc.)
1881Daily News 17 Jan. 3/3 The piece market shows great apathy. |