rare. [f. Gr. ἀπαθ-ής (see APATHY) + -IST. Cf. mod.Fr. apathiste.] One addicted to apathy, one sunk in stolid indifference.
1640. Brathwait, Boulster Lect., 216. Stoicall apathists who are insensible of passion.
1818. Coleridge, Lit. Rem., I. 119. Writing in a remote village among apathists and ignorants.