My apathy for voting comes from my distaste for politics.
Source: tatoeba (1914)
Apathy
/ˈæ.pə.θi/
Synonyms for "apathy" (205 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Noun(4 words)
abeyanceabstractionabuliaaccidiaacediaalienationaloofnessanxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateataraxiaataraxybenumbednessblahblahsboredomcallousnesscalmnesscarelessnesscasualness
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catalepsycatatoniacatatonic stuporcave of despaircave of trophoniuscoldnesscomatosenesscompulsiondeadlinessdeathlinessdejectiondepressiondespairdesperatenessdesperationdespondency
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (62)
detachmentdisconsolatenessdisinterestdisinterestednessdispassiondispassionatenessdisregarddisregardfulnessdoldrumsdormancydrowsinessdullnesseasygoingnesselationemotionalismenervationennuientropyeuphoriafatigue
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folie du douteforlornnesshalfheartednesshardnessheartlessnessheavinesshebetudeheedlessnesshopelessnesshypochondriahysteriahystericsimpassivenessimpassivityinanimationinappetenceinattentionincuriosityincuriousnessindifferenceindifferentismindifferentnessindiscriminationindolenceinertiainertnessinexcitabilityinsensibilityinsensitivityinsoucianceintellectual inertiajadedness
Verb(1 words)
disengage students
Noun(9 words)
disengagementdisinterestdisinterest in sciencedisinterestsdisregard biologydisregard energyemotion indifferenceemotional flatteningemotionally indifferent
Related words (102)
lack of affectlack of appetitelack of interestlackadaisicalnesslanguidnesslanguishmentlanguorlanguorousnesslaodiceanismlassitudelatencylenitudelentorlethargicalnesslethargylifelessnesslistlessnesslotus-eatinglukewarmnessmania
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melancholiamental distressmindlessnessnegligenceno exitno wayno way outnonchalancenumbnessobduracyobsessionoscitancypassivenesspassivitypathological indecisivenessphlegmphlegmaticalnessphlegmaticnessplucklessnesspococurantismpreoccupationpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancerecklessnessregardlessnessresignationresignednesssatednesssleepinessslothslothfulnessslownesssluggishnesssomnolencesoporsoporifousnessspiritlessnessspunklessnessstagnancystagnationstasisstoicismstoliditystupefactionstuporsupinenesssuspensetictorpiditytorpidnesstorpitudetorportwitchingunanxiousnessunawarenessunconcernuninquisitivenessuninterestednessunmindfulnessunresponsivenessunsolicitousnessvegetationvis inertiaewearinesswithdrawalwithdrawnnessworld-weariness
Noun(12 words)
lack of energylose interestmeaninglessness of lifenumbnessobliviousnesspassivitypolitical disengagementroutine boredomspiritlessnesstepidityunconcernunreadiness to learn
Determiner(1 words)
no energy
Adjective(2 words)
unfeeling beingunmotivated
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3 entriescivic apathyeducational apathyemotional numbness
Collocations
5 entriescivic apathyeducational apathyemotional apathymoral apathypolitical apathy
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Politicians are cashing in on public apathy.
Source: tatoeba (271387)
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy … who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
Source: tatoeba (330437)
It drew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy, who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
Source: tatoeba (347766)
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