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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
David Sarnoff

Meaning of "apathetic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APATHETIC

From apathy + pathetic.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APATHETIC

apathetic  [ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APATHETIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apathetic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES APATHETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apathy

Apathy is most commonly defined as a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern. It is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, and/or passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical and/or physical life and the world. The apathetic may lack a sense of purpose or meaning in their life. An apathetic person may also exhibit insensibility or sluggishness. In positive psychology, apathy is described as a result of the individual feeling they do not possess the level of skill required to confront a challenge. It may also be a result of perceiving no challenge at all. Apathy may be a sign of more specific mental problems such as schizophrenia or dementia. However, apathy is something that all people face in some capacity. It is a natural response to disappointment, dejection, and stress. As a response, apathy is a way to forget about these negative feelings.

Definition of apathetic in the English dictionary

The definition of apathetic in the dictionary is having or showing little or no emotion; indifferent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APATHETIC


aesthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
anaesthetic
ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk
anesthetic
ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk
antipathetic
ænˌtɪpəˈθɛtɪk
bathetic
bəˈθɛtɪk
biosynthetic
ˌbaɪəʊˌsɪnˈθɛtɪk
diathetic
ˌdaɪəˈθɛtɪk
dyspathetic
ˌdɪspəˈθɛtɪk
esthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
hypothetic
ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪk
nomothetic
ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk
parasympathetic
ˌpærəˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
pathetic
pəˈθɛtɪk
prosthetic
prɒsˈθɛtɪk
prothetic
prəˈθɛtɪk
sympathetic
ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk
theopathetic
ˌθɪəpəˈθɛtɪk
unpathetic
ˌʌnpəˈθɛtɪk
unsympathetic
ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APATHETIC

apart
apart from
apartheid
aparthotel
apartment
apartment block
apartment building
apartment complex
apartment house
apartmental
apartments
apartness
apatetic
apathetical
apathetically
apathy
apatite
apatosaur
apatosaurus
apay

WORDS THAT END LIKE APATHETIC

antithetic
athletic
chemosynthetic
diarrhetic
empathetic
epenthetic
general anaesthetic
kinaesthetic
kinesthetic
local anaesthetic
nonaesthetic
parenthetic
photosynthetic
polysynthetic
preanesthetic
prophetic
synaesthetic
synesthetic
thetic
unaesthetic
unprophetic

Synonyms and antonyms of apathetic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «APATHETIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «apathetic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of apathetic

Translation of «apathetic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APATHETIC

Find out the translation of apathetic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of apathetic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apathetic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漠不关心的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apático
570 millions of speakers

English

apathetic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उदासीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا مبالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

апатичными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদাসী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apathique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apathetic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apathisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無関心の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

냉담한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kurang ajar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lanh đạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்ச்சியற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उदासीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilgisiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apatico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apatyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

апатичними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαθής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

apaties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

apatiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apatiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apathetic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APATHETIC»

The term «apathetic» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.814 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APATHETIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apathetic

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5 QUOTES WITH «APATHETIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word apathetic.
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Masi Oka
Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.
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Pericles
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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David Pratt
Don't be fool's, don't be complacent, and stop being apathetic.
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David Sarnoff
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Ann Voskamp
By default, most of us have taken the dare to simply survive. Exist. Get through. For the most part, we live numb to life - we've grown weary and apathetic and jaded... and wounded.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APATHETIC»

Discover the use of apathetic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apathetic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian ...
From the War of 1812 to the First World War, this book reveals that disobedience has marked all of the major conflicts in which Canada has participated.
Craig Leslie Mantle, 2007
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The Battle for Compassion: Ethics in an Apathetic Universe
This book ponders these pivotal questions and attempts to offer some answers.
Jonathan Leighton, 2011
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Apathetic Christianity: The Zombie Religion of American ...
The book includes three particularly relevant excerpted sections from "Fire Breathing Christians."
Scott Alan Buss, 2011
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The Apathetic God: Exploring the Contemporary Relevance of ...
This work seeks to create a via media between the tradition of divine impassibility And The contemporary preference for divine possibility within formal theological reflection.
Daniel Castelo, 2009
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American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry
They are accurately labeled as apathetic because they show lack of interests, poor initiative, flat affect, lack of involvement with others, and so on. Depression is more complicated, however. Depressed patients may report lack of interest, but at  ...
Leah J. Dickstein, John M. Oldham, Michelle B. Riba, 1996
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Classification of Endogenous Psychoses and their ...
Apathetic Depression3 In hypochondriacal depression we encountered alienation phenomena which related to the perception of the patient's own body and the environment. Now a quite different form of alienation will be described. KLEIST'S ...
Karl Leonhard, Helmut Beckmann, 1999
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Young People and Politics: Apathetic and Disengaged?
This work is an examination of the popular discourse which claims young people are apathetic and disengaged from politics.
Nathan Manning, 2009
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The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul de Man
Inquiry into what is irrelevant because it is punctual and single to a degree that it does not even lend itself to a dialectic of universalization cannot, therefore, be called a "theory" or "philosophy" anymore. The apathetic rhetoric that I have shown ...
Rodolphe Gasché, 1998
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The Prudence of Love: How Possessing the Virtue of Love ...
6.4 APATHETIC AGENTS: APATHY TOWARD SELF Apathetic agents lack both desires of love but do not have the opposite desires constituting hatred. This person's character is marked by total indifference toward persons' well-being and  ...
Eric J. Silverman, 2010
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Are College Students Apathetic?
Originally published as a Master's thesis, this book defines and examines civic engagement and implication of time spent on social networking sites.
Dorna Basiratmand, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APATHETIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apathetic is used in the context of the following news items.
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World Cup: US routs Japan for 3rd title
... happened inside the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday ought to make believers out of even the ultra-apathetic. «KETV Omaha, Jul 15»
2
'True Detective' recap: Do you want to live?
A trip to the doctor reveals health problems far greater than just the broken ribs. At a meeting with his superiors he seems apathetic, at best. «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
Women's World Cup: Carli Lloyd's hat-trick leads US to third t - ABC …
... British Columbia, on Sunday ought to make believers out of even the ultra-apathetic. This wasn't just the United States vanquishing Japan, ... «WZVN-TV, Jul 15»
4
American citizens should have more pride for their country
... from spitting on Veterans, we're burning flags and, perhaps even worse, growing apathetic about our country and ways to make it better. «Daily Illini, Jul 15»
5
10 cool things about the Spurs signing LaMarcus Aldridge
That's the downside of continuity, eventually people get just bored of one another and apathetic. Now there'll be plenty of fresh faces looking for ... «Pounding The Rock, Jul 15»
6
Detailed NJPW Dominion 7.5 Results: AJ Styles vs. Okada …
Eventually Naito does make an apathetic tag and cleans house. Honma ends up winning with the diving headbutt as Naito just stands over him ... «Wrestlezone, Jul 15»
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Choosing Misery: The Culture of Victimhood and Ingratitude
... directly contributed to the decline of our civilization, one in which far too many people are now appallingly ineffectual, apathetic, and unskilled ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
8
Black Milwaukee, Wake Up!
Many black residents have become so cynical and apathetic in the potential change process that the mere idea of “rallying the troops” to better ... «urbanmilwaukee, Jul 15»
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Patriarch Ra'i deals Aoun sharp rebuke
However aggressive his tone, observers believe his words have lost much of their weight and have grown apathetic to his unrelenting and ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
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Who Needs Radicalisation?
Or may be the drug treatments that 'work' by causing people to be apathetic, diabetic, obese, dependent and yet terrified of coming off them as ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»

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