Meanings
plural apathetes
- An apathetic person; one given to apathy.
He does not condemn the apathete, indeed he recognises that the alienating character of most industrial and commercial work affects leisure too; […]
1976, Christopher G. A. Bryant, Sociology in Action: A Critique of Selected Conceptions of the Social Role of the Sociologist, Allen and Unwin, →ISBN, page 145, →ISBN1 more example
I remember that afternoon in SoHo because it was on my first, conscious trip to New York; and even an experienced apathete such as myself – the shirker of the Taj Mahal, the dodger of the Alhambra – was still struck by how inappropriate this seemed.
2007, Will Self, Ralph Steadman, Psychogeography, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., →ISBN, page 42, →ISBNSynonyms: apathist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn apathetic person; one given to apathy.
Origin
From apathy, apathetic, on the pattern of æsthete.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish apatyk
- apatykan apathetic person
Portuguese apático
- apáticoan apathetic person
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