Acedia Definition
ə-sēdē-ə
noun
Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.
American Heritage
Spiritual sloth or apathy.
Webster's New World
Spiritual or mental sloth.
Wiktionary
Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- withdrawnness
- torpitude
- superbia
- satedness
- phlegmaticness
- mindlessness
- luxuria
- lentor
- jadedness
- invidia
- inappetence
- inanimation
- comatoseness
- avaritia
- ataraxy
Origin of Acedia
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Late Latin from Greek akēdeia indifference a- a- a–1 kēdos care
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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