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apathy

[ap-uh-thee] / ˈæp ə θi /


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Yet those who work around him say that shouldn’t be confused with apathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Hopelessness is meme-ified and circulated online, becoming a form of identity that normalizes apathy.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Meanwhile, social media seems divided between apathy, awe and anger.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The simplicity of his execution underlines that a nightmare future doesn’t need to much to come to fruition, just a couple of clipboards and mass apathy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Even volunteer work at a hospital would snap you out of your apathy, and it would probably be non-taxing on your valve and other things.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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