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apathy

[ap-uh-thee] / ˈæp ə θi /


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Fashioning your lead actor as a totem to project your thoughts about apathy and loneliness would be a risky move for anyone other than writer-director Amanda Kramer, who’s made a career out of brazen chicness.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

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

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

With no traditions of organized political activity behind them and nobody to look to for help since the New Deal, they live in apathy and despair.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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