(n): a feeling of lack of concern
(n): apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
(n): an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
(n): the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
(n): the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
(n): the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
(n): the trait of being without worry or responsibility
(The protagonist of this passage has just thumped his sister for trying to sabotage one of his drawings):
"He could only think of the grey smear on the picture. Coldness and indifference spread through him like a stain. Later he heard his father come and murmurs of conversation from the living room. Mr Thaw opened the bedroom door abruptly saying,
'Duncan! Did you punch Ruth in the stomach?'
'Yes. We were fighting.'
'Look, Duncan, I'm glad you're prepared to defend yourself but you should never punch a woman in the stomach.'
'I'm sorry. I don't know how to hurt women properly yet.'
His father left and he lay inert, thinking of the picture."
- 'Lanark', Alasdair Gray.