apathy
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[edit] Etymology
From French apathie, from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apatheia) "impassibility, insensibility, freedom from emotion", from ἀπαθής (apathes) "not suffering or having suffered, without experience of", from ἀπαθέω (apatheō) "to be free from suffering", from ἀ- (a-) "not" + πάθος (pathos) "anything that befalls one, an incident, emotion, passion".
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[edit] Noun
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apathy (uncountable)
- Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.
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[edit] Translations
lack of emotion or motivation

