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单词 apathy
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apathyn.

Brit. /ˈapəθi/, U.S. /ˈæpəθi/
Etymology: < French apathie, < Latin apathīa, < Greek ἀπάθεια, noun of state < ἀπαθής without feeling, < privative + παθε- (πάθος) suffering, passion.
1. Freedom from, or insensibility to, suffering; hence, freedom from, or insensibility to, passion or feeling; passionless existence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness
induration1493
indurateness1537
induritness1558
hardenedness1571
stoniness1571
hard-heartedness1577
apathy1603
indolence1603
dedolence1606
flintiness1607
dedolencya1617
searedness1620
callosity1628
indolencya1631
brawnedness1631
calluma1640
atrocity1641
dead-heartedness1642
brawninessa1645
callousness1653
stony-heartedness1673
petrification1678
unsolicitousnessa1683
callus1683
heartlessness1701
petrifaction1722
unreckingness1873
Gradgrindery1920
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 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.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 41 He, from his apathy and the tranquillity of his life, had the attribute of fortunate bestow'd on him.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. viii. sig. Dd2 Because the Passions are (sometimes) Mutinous, to wish an Apathy, is as unkind to us, as it would be to our Country, To wish we had no Rivers, because (sometimes) they do Mischief.
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 91 In lazy Apathy let Stoics boast Their Virtue fix'd.
1847 G. H. Lewes 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.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion
dryheada1300
lethargyc1380
drynessc1450
dumping1542
unsensibility1551
insensibleness?1555
unsensibleness?1555
stupidity1568
stolidity1570
stupor1570
dumpishness1574
senselessness1577
innaturality1579
astoniedness1580
impassibility1603
stupefaction1603
torpor1607
deadness1611
unsufferance1611
hebetude1621
nonsense1621
drought1622
hebetation1623
obstupefaction1625
unanswerableness1626
tastelessnessa1631
insensateness1646
impassiveness1648
obtuseness1648
barrenness1655
torpulency1657
sterility1661
spiritlessness1669
unspiritedness1669
unaffectedness1678
insensibility1691
stolidness1727
apathy1742
impenetrableness1747
unfeelingness1766
impassivity1794
unfeeling1805
soullessness1811
incommobility1822
obtusity1823
unimpressibleness1830
hardhead1836
stockishness1837
insensitiveness1838
impenetrability1847
unreceptivity1849
unsusceptibility1850
woodenness1854
unimpressionability1862
irresponsiveness1864
unresponsiveness1869
impassibleness1874
irreceptivity1881
unimpressibility1889
apatheia1893
inemotivity1894
affectlessness1921
insensitivity1957
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 275 He wanted a good general Apathy..[i.e.] 1. As to himself, Equanimity. 2. As to all others, Indifference.
a1764 R. Lloyd Poetry Professors in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 35 Forsake their apathy a while.
1823 C. Lamb Imperfect Sympathies in Elia 134 I am..a bundle of prejudices..the veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. vi. 202 A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him..to leave events to take their own course.
3. transferred (of the markets, etc.)
ΚΠ
1881 Daily News 17 Jan. 3/3 The piece market shows great apathy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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