What is the meaning of Apathy?

(n.) 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.
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APAWebster's. (2011). apathy. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/apathy/definitions/1974761
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "apathy" http://smartdefine.org/apathy/definitions/1974761 (accessed September 22, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, apathy, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/apathy/definitions/1974761>.
MLAWebster's. "apathy" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/apathy/definitions/1974761>
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