单词 | apathy |
释义 | apathyn. 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). < n.1603 |
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