Noun

Singular apathy

Plural usually uncountable; plural apathies

apathy (usually uncountable; plural apathies)

  1. Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Feb 10 04:19:39 2010

Apathy (also called impassivity or perfunctoriness) is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest or concern to emotional, social, or physical life. They may also exhibit an insensibility or sluggishness.

Anxiety Arousal Flow Control Relaxation Boredom Apathy Worry Enlarge image Apathy in terms of challenge level and skill level. Clickable.

Often, apathy has been felt after witnessing horrific acts, such as the killing or maiming of people during a war. It is also known to be associated with many conditions, some of which are: depression, Alzheimer's disease, Chagas' disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, dementia, Korsakoff's Syndrome, excessive vitamin D, Hypothyroidism, general fatigue, Huntington's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), schizophrenia, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, and others. Some medications and the heavy use of drugs such as heroin may bring apathy as a side effect.

In positive psychology, apathy is described as a response to an easy challenge for which the subject has matched skills. The opposite of apathy is flow.

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Sat Feb 27 15:18:14 2010

Apathy- is it used to mask cowardice or a defense mechanism to prevent self- destruction?
Q. Apathy- is it used to mask cowardice or a defense mechanism to prevent self- destruction?-- I've had this question on since the other day. I cant get it out of my head. Someone please help me.
Asked by Dahel - Thu Dec 24 21:27:27 2009 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Ah- whatever!
Answered by Stinky Wizzleteats - Thu Dec 24 21:35:45 2009

How do I end an essay about the causes of apathy?
Q. I am writing an essay on the possible causes of apathy for english composition.. I had to use examples from the book we have that has cause and effect essays. I got my essay written but cannot find a way to tie it all up in one final sentence
Asked by godsgirl200718 - Sun Oct 21 16:04:47 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Final sentence should be: "So in conclusion, it is evident that... whatever, I don't even care."
Answered by napalm_bunny - Sun Oct 21 16:09:14 2007

What is the use of prolonging life which apathy turned into premature death?
Q. This is a philosophical question and calls for a philosophical answer. Thanks to all of you for sparing your valued time in thinking and sharing your great ideas and opinions. Have a great day!
Asked by Third P - Mon Oct 8 00:35:19 2007 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hi Third P. You ask a very interesting question. I personally know one person like that, and his mother was like that also. In addition, in my line of work, I have come across people like that. Someone who has complete apathy truly is suffering a living death. To have no interests whatsoever, to not care about anything one way or another makes for a life that does seem already dead. As a matter of fact, many people like this do eventually become suicidal.They, themselves often see the emptiness of their lives. It is a strange feeling to know a person who has complete apathy. They have no interests, no point of view on anything in life, don't care what happens in any area of life. It truly is as if they are not alive, except for the… [cont.]
Answered by palemalefriend - Mon Oct 8 09:23:12 2007

From Yahoo Answer Search: "apathy"
Fri Mar 12 12:58:27 2010

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  • I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate — it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
  • Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.
  • Once you have glimpsed the world as it might be, as it ought to be, as it's going to be (however that vision appears to you), it is impossible to live compliant and complacent anymore in the world as it is.
    • Victoria Safford in "The Small Work in the Great Work" in The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear (2004) by Paul Rogat Loeb
  • Indifference, if let alone, will produce obduracy; and obduracy, if let alone, will produce torment.
    • Henry Melvill, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 344.
  • There are few signs in a soul's state more alarming than that of religious indifference, that is, the spirit of thinking all religions equally true— the real meaning of which is, that all religions are equally false.
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... is dependent on IFA funding - is gathering momentum with 400 IFAs saying they will join up, he also says adviser apathy is proving a major obstacle. ...



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Reading in The Post for several years about the inequity and abject apathy affecting many public-school programs in the District is one thing; being slapped ...

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Sun Mar 7 13:59:00 2010

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Somewhere far less trendy and slightly more in the way of Old baggage marks and spencer s or peacock s perhaps I can do nothing but come to the conclusion that a life of extreme apathy if not outright TORPOR is a well considered and DEEPLY attractive proposition After all what would become of me were I to attain the Golden Snitch of Pupillage

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LAPTOP recently pit the big computer vendors customer service offerings against one another with two phone calls to each one asking how to change power settings on a laptop and the other

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Fri Mar 12 13:19:30 2010

Excitement, apathy shown for Block Party headliner - News
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Students expressed a range of emotions from enthusiasm to . apathy. after the announcement of Drake as the headlining artist for University Union's Block Party on April 30. "He's got talent, he's got swagger," said Micah Thompson, ...

 Apathy is Love Misunderstood.
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Apathy is Love Misunderstood.

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If you were to stay with me a while I don't, don't wanna take you home Please don't, don't make me sleep alone If I could, I'd only want to make you smile If you were to stay with me a while. My . Apathy. is My Love being misunderstood.

 Apathy Is Anxious.
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Apathy Is Anxious.

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:26:16 GM

I remember a young and hungry . Apathy. telling me in 1998 he was on track to work with Busta. It's finally happening . Congrats. Related posts: . Apathy. Baptism by Fire; . Apathy. Where's Your Album?

From Google Blog Search: "apathy"
Tue Mar 9 00:36:00 2010

  • Kettering FoundationKettering Foundation
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    In trying to find ways to increase citizen participation and empowerment in society, the Foundation asks the question "What does it take to make democracy work as it should?"
  • Student Apathy at Social SecurityStudent Apathy at Social Security
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    House of Representatives member, Mike Capuano discusses young people being far removed from what will affect their future.
  • Apathy is BoringApathy is Boring
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    A national non-partisan project that uses art, media and technology to encourage active citizenry, reaching youth about how to be more involved in their communities and the democratic process.
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