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How to use apathy in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Apathy means lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something). Example: “The other two most frequent neurobehavioral changes besides “incontinence”, i.e., logopenia and apathy, are negative symptoms.”

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  • The other two most frequent neurobehavioral changes besides “incontinence”, i.e., logopenia and apathy, are negative symptoms.2015 October 3, “The Global Cognition, Frontal Lobe Dysfunction and Behavior Changes in Chinese Patients with Multiple System Atrophy”, in…. From the entry logopenia
  • He’d rather look eternally cheerful than express nothing but apathy for the rest of his life.2011, Carlton Mellick III, Crab Town, Portland: Eraserhead Press, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry graph
  • We’re a busy city, and this may be part of the reason for the apathy.2011 January 14, Paul Johnson, “Falcons Have an Identity. It’s Called Winning.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry fair-weather fan
  • Some news executives attribute this youthful apathy to information overload and the explosion of media options.1990 March 9, Richard Zoglin, “The Tuned-out Generation”, in Time. From the entry information overload
  • However, this apathy will quickly disappear if it is learned the friendly game involves marked (gaffed) cards.1977, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, volume 46, number 9, page 8. From the entry gaff
  • They variously produce hallucinations, depression, apathy, or senseless elation, lasting from 12 to 24 hours.1963, Quarterly Review of Military Literature (volume 43, issue 6, page 47). From the entry psychogas
  • Symptoms of meteoropathy include headache, muscle pain, joint pain, general fatigue, weakness, discouragement, apathy, iritability, difficulty concentrating, and insomnia (or sleepiness).2023, Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy, Vinood B. Patel, Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence, page 1136. From the entry meteoropathy
  • Behavioral features include apathy, reclusivity, anhedonia, depression, delusions, and hallucinations.2010, Michael B. First, Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders. From the entry reclusivity
  • They are — apathy, lack of interest in the surroundings, defiant behavior (hypercompensation of the inferiority complex), etc.2008, Vladimir Antonov, Spiritual Work With Children, page 60. From the entry hypercompensation
  • Has international pressure has finally forced South Korea to abandon years of official apathy about the phobocracy that is North Korea?2006 June 20, Joshua, “The End of Sunshine?”, in Free Korea. From the entry phobocracy
  • On the other hand, we know that bipolar depression is characterized by alterations that are more behavioral (apathy, anergy, hypersomnia) than cognitive.2006, Colom, Francesc, Psychoeducation manual for bipolar disorder, page 86. From the entry sadless
  • They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding, page 50. From the entry surrounding
  • Challengeless bureaucratic jobs inhibit the normal development of the human personality, thus leading to poor mental health, apathy, and even the delusion that one prefers highly structured work.1986, Clark Kerr, Paul D. Staudohar, Industrial relations in a new age, page 79. From the entry challengeless
  • The assembled members of the tribe looked on and listened in a sort of dull and perfunctory apathy, for the speaker was by far the mightiest of the clan.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Land That Time Forgot. From the entry perfunctory
  • Hence arises the general apathy which now exists and which makes Rechabitism appear of little moment in developing the principles and requirements of the great Temperance movement.1911, Richardson Campbell, Rechabite History: A Record of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford…. From the entry Rechabitism
  • May we look to those wild places of contradiction where we are at once overwelling with the sweet nectar of hope and cracked by the driest apathy and dusty hopelessness.2020, Danielle Dulsky, Seasons of Moon and Flame, page 302. From the entry overwell
  • It is not easy to kick off a new era with the requisite upbeat mood when the saturnine sight of a near-vacant arena evokes the apathy caused by past disappointments.2019 January 28, Tom Dart, “US soccer’s Gregg Berhalter era starts with a win and the echo of empty seats”, in The Guardian, London…. From the entry saturnine

Meaning of apathy

  1. noun Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

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Questions about apathy in a sentence

How do you use apathy in a sentence?
Apathy is used as a noun. For example: “The other two most frequent neurobehavioral changes besides “incontinence”, i.e., logopenia and apathy, are negative symptoms.”
What is a short sentence with apathy?
“Behavioral features include apathy, reclusivity, anhedonia, depression, delusions, and hallucinations.”
What does apathy mean?
Apathy means lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

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