Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of sympathy; antipathy; an opposite taste or liking; uncongeniality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Lack of
sympathy orpassion ;apathy .
Etymologies
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dis- + Ancient Greek for "passion". See pathos.
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Examples
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I think at least part of the lack of respect for atheists comes from the perception of extreme dispathy … a sense that one has no idea where atheist are coming from … a kind of fear of the unknown.
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