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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French apathique.[1] By surface analysis, back-formation from apatyczny.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈpa.tɘk/
- Rhymes: -atɘk
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧tyk
Noun
apatyk m pers (female equivalent apatyczka)
- (psychology) apathete
1995, Barbara Stanosz, Z punktu widzenia humanizmu: wybór tekstów, Instytut Wydawniczy Książka i Prasa, page 88:Wreszcie, doskonały apatyk odpowiada i na życzliwość i na wrogość neutralnością.- Finally, a perfect apathete answers to both friendliness and hostility with neutrality.
1986, Sławomir Mrożek, Teatr 1, Noir sur Blanc:Pierwszy raz zdarza mi się coś podobnego.
Co? Apatyka pani nie widziała?
- That's the first time something like that has happened to me.
What? Didn't you see the apethete?
2020, Helena Mniszkówna, chapter 14, in Magnesy serc, Lindhardt og Ringhof:Albo był zły i zdenerwowany, sam nie wiedząc czego chce, albo satyryk chlaszczący wszystko i wszystkich swojem szyderstwem, albo krańcowy apatyk.- He was either angry or annoyed, he himself didn't know what he wanted, either a satirist cutting everyone and everything with his ridicule, or an extreme apethete.
Declension
References
Further reading
- apatyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN