Entry Word: apathy

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness <the apathy of the people of that war-torn country comes from their having seen too many horrors>

Synonyms impassivity, insensibility, numbness, phlegm

Related Words callousness, coldness, coolness, hardheartedness, hardness, heartlessness, insensitivity, obduracy; blankness, deadness, emptiness, vacancy; aloofness, detachment, indifference, unconcern; stiffness, woodenness

Near Antonyms compassion, empathy, pity, sympathy; responsiveness, sensitivity; solicitude, tenderness, understanding, warmth; histrionics, hysteria, hysterics, melodrama

Antonyms emotion, feeling, sensibility

2 lack of interest or concern <her poor grades are proof enough of her apathy concerning all matters academic> — see indifference