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Apathetic vs. Apathy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Apathetic and Apathy

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Apathetic

Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.

Apathy

Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern about something. It is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion.

Apathetic

Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.

Apathy

Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.

Apathetic

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
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Apathy

Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.

Apathetic

Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

Apathy

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

Apathetic

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless.

Apathy

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; - applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.
A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course.
According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason.
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Apathetic

Showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.

Apathy

An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Apathetic

Showing little or no emotion or animation;
A woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older

Apathy

The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

Apathetic

Marked by a lack of interest;
An apathetic audience
The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent

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