Ap"a*thy (&?;), n.; pl. Apathies (&?;). [L. apathia, Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See Pathos.] 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. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay.

A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course.
Prescott.

According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason.
Fleming.

&fist; In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.

Syn. -- Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.

• Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression.
  
• Lack of interest or enthusiasm