Defn: One who is destitute of feeling.
APATHISTICAL
Ap`a*this"tic*al, a.
Defn: Apathetic; une motional. [R.]
APATHY
Ap"a*thy, n.; pl. Apathies. Etym: [L. apathia, Gr. apathie. See
Pathos.]
Defn: Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; — applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.
Note: In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.
Syn. — Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.
APATITE
Ap"a*tite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
APAUME
A`pau`mé", n.