I don't mean to sound dumb or anything, but what does it mean? Someone answered my question with this word, and I have no idea what it means!
2006-11-19 15:00:22 · 9 answers · asked by ~Amber~ 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2006-11-19 15:02:06 · update #1
The prefix "A" usually means "anti" or "without" as in asymptomatic (showing no symptoms) or amoral (having no morality). The root word "pathy" comes from "pathos" meaning emotion. Put them together and you have apathy - without emotion.
2006-11-19 15:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by bdenton2k 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It means not caring.
Don't worry, you don't sound dumb. It's not a word most of us learn in school. I had to learn it because someone used it on me...
2006-11-19 23:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by Joey Joe, yo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look it up
ap‧a‧thy /ËæpÉθi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ap-uh-thee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -thies. 1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
3. Also, ap‧a‧thei‧a, ap‧a‧thi‧a /ËæpÉËθiÉ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ap-uh-thee-uh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. Stoicism. freedom from emotion of any kind.
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[Origin: 1595–1605; (< F) < L apathÄ«a < Gk apátheia insensibility to suffering, equiv. to apathe- (s. of apaths) unfeeling (a- a-6 + pathe-, var. s. of páthos pathos) + -ia -ia]
—Synonyms 1. coolness. 2. See indifference.
—Antonyms 1. ardor, fervor.
2006-11-19 23:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by ABK_SCRUB 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lack of interest in people, places and things. It is seen a lot in people who are clinically depressed
2006-11-19 23:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by curious cat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it simply means to not care, indifference, lack of emotion even
2006-11-19 23:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by hdegroot 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To not care
2006-11-20 00:13:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An apathic person is one who just doesn't care...
2006-11-19 23:10:37 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to tell you but I just can't be bothered.
2006-11-20 02:46:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares.
2006-11-19 23:04:46 · answer #9 · answered by William T 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋