acedia (noun)

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• acedia — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek akēdeia, from a + kēdos care, grief more at hate Date: 1607 apathy, boredom …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• acedia — noun /əˈsiːdɪə/ a) spiritual or mental sloth. b) apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference Syn: accedie, ennui, weltschmerz …   Wiktionary

• acedia — [ə si:dɪə] noun another term for accidie. Origin C17: via late L. from Gk akēdia listlessness …   English new terms dictionary

• acedia — /əˈsidjə/ (say uh seedyuh) noun sloth; spiritual apathy. Also, accidie. {Medieval Latin, from Greek akēdiā} …  

• mortal sin — noun an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace theologians list seven mortal sins • Syn: ↑deadly sin • Ant: ↑venial sin • Hypernyms: ↑sin, ↑sinning …   Useful english dictionary

• deadly sin — noun an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace (Freq. 1) theologians list seven mortal sins • Syn: ↑mortal sin • Ant: ↑venial sin (for: ↑mortal sin) …   Useful english dictionary

• accidie — noun Date: 13th century acedia …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• accedie — noun Acedia …   Wiktionary

• apathy — noun widespread apathy among the voters Syn: indifference, lack of interest, lack of enthusiasm, lack of concern, unconcern, uninterestedness, unresponsiveness, impassivity, dispassion, lethargy, languor, ennui; rare acedia …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sloth — noun who is responsible for the sloth of this department? Syn: laziness, idleness, indolence, slothfulness, inactivity, inertia, sluggishness, shiftlessness, apathy, acedia, listlessness, lassitude, lethargy, languor, torpidity; literary hebetude …   Thesaurus of popular words

• torpor — noun the feeling of torpor lingered for weeks Syn: lethargy, sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, lifelessness, listlessness, languor, lassitude, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, acedia, passivity, somnolence, weariness, sleepiness …   Thesaurus of popular words