apathist
apathist noun: one who has no feeling towards anything, or more specifically religion.
Noun
apathist (plural apathists)
- One who has no feeling towards anything, or more specifically religion.
- ...Apathist alone, equally superior to the violent attacks of passion, and the teasing impertinence of fretfulness...1827, Robert Lynam, The British Essayists: Microcosm. Olla podrida, page 14
- ...apathist is thought despicable not simply because he is indifferent but because he is indifferent to something others regard as so vital as to require everyone's or at least certain others' concern.1966, Philosophy of Education Society (U.S.). Meeting, Philosophy of Education: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society
- Synonyms:
- apathete
Synonyms of apathist
Forms of apathist
| plural | apathists |
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Questions about apathist
- What does apathist mean?
- Apathist means one who has no feeling towards anything, or more specifically religion.
- What part of speech is apathist?
- Apathist is a noun.
- What is the plural of apathist?
- The plural of apathist is apathists.
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