Synonyms:
apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
Meaning: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
Synonyms:
apathy
Meaning: an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
Usage examples
I dare say they are afflicted with apathy, and game-hogs.
Rum was in itself an effect, and not by any means the cause of the Captain's listless apathy.
Thereafter he lay in dumb apathy, save that he shivered and his teeth chattered uncontrollably.
Thus stifled ability in the lower orders, and apathy or pampered incapacity in the higher, unite to deprive society of its natural leaders.
Whatever came in his way, the tragedy or comedy of his daily life, his moods of passion and apathy, the aspirations of his better moments, all underwent the same disintegrating process.
The latter can easily back up General Apathy to an extent that spells "no game laws." In one act, and at one bold stroke, Delaware can step out of her position at the rear of the procession of states, and take a place in the front rank.
Even among our so-called "spoils" politicians and corrupt bosses, who hold their positions by playing upon the selfishness of their followers and the ignorance and apathy of the public, there must be rigid faithfulness to promises, and, at any rate, the appearance of promoting the public welfare.
It is because they are compelled to act without a reliable picture of the world, that governments, schools, newspapers and churches make such small headway against the more obvious failings of democracy, against violent prejudice, apathy, preference for the curious trivial as against the dull important, and the hunger for sideshows and three legged calves.