apathy
noun/ˈæpəθi/
/ˈæpəθi/
[uncountable]- the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic about something, or things in general
- There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
- public/political/student apathy
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2, Feelingsc2- Such attitudes can only lead to apathy.
- a general apathy towards politics
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- widespread
- political
- …
- suffer from
- fall into
- sink into
- …
- apathy among
- apathy towards/toward
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French apathie, via Latin from Greek apatheia, from apathēs ‘without feeling’, from a- ‘without’ + pathos ‘suffering’.
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