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Meaning of "acrasia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACRASIA

əˈkreɪzɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACRASIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acrasia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACRASIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Akrasia

Akrasia (/əˈkreɪzɪə/; ancient Greek ἀκρασία, "lacking command (over oneself)"), occasionally transliterated as acrasia, is the state of acting against one's better judgment. The adjectival form is "akratic".

Definition of acrasia in the English dictionary

The definition of acrasia in the dictionary is a lack of self discipline, by which a person acts contrary to usual judgement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACRASIA

akrasia · antonomasia · aphasia · Australasia · brasier · brazier · crazier · dyscrasia · dysphasia · dysplasia · ectasia · euthanasia · fantasia · glazier · grazier · gymnasia · Malaysia · neoplasia · tachyphrasia · xerasia

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACRASIA

acquitter · acquitting · acrasin · acratic · acre · acre-feet · acre-foot · acre-inch · acreage · acred · acres · acrid · acridin · acridine · acridity · acridly · acridness · acriflavin · acriflavine · acriflavine hydrochloride

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACRASIA

A´asia · abasia · achalasia · alocasia · anaplasia · Anastasia · aplasia · Aspasia · astasia · Austrasia · Caucasia · Eurasia · hemostasia · hip dysplasia · hyperplasia · hypoplasia · Laurasia · Malvasia · metaplasia · Transcaucasia

Synonyms and antonyms of acrasia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acrasia» into 25 languages

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The translations of acrasia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acrasia» in English.
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acrasia
1,325 millions of speakers
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Acrasia
570 millions of speakers
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acrasia
510 millions of speakers
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acrasia
380 millions of speakers
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تعذر ضبط النفس
280 millions of speakers
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acrasia
278 millions of speakers
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acrasia
270 millions of speakers
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acrasia
260 millions of speakers
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Acrasia
220 millions of speakers
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Akasia
190 millions of speakers
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acrasia
180 millions of speakers
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acrasia
130 millions of speakers
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acrasia
85 millions of speakers
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Acrasia
85 millions of speakers
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acrasia
80 millions of speakers
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acrasia
75 millions of speakers
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अक्रासीया
75 millions of speakers
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acrasia
70 millions of speakers
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acrasia
65 millions of speakers
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acrasia
50 millions of speakers
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acrasia
40 millions of speakers
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acrasia
30 millions of speakers
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acrasia
15 millions of speakers
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acrasia
14 millions of speakers
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acrasia
10 millions of speakers
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acrasia
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acrasia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACRASIA»

Discover the use of acrasia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acrasia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Spenser Encyclopedia
Guyon's experiences in Acrasia's Bower. The Late Latin acrasia, as well as recalling Trissino's Acratia, derives in part from Greek akrasia (the quality of being badly mixed; hence intemperance). So Conti's explanation of Circe as commistio in ...
A.C. Hamilton, 2003
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King Arthur's Enchantresses: Morgan and Her Sisters in ...
Acrasia's name means 'Incontinence' (in the sense of the opposite of Temperance, the ruling virtue of Book II). Guyon, the hero of the book, accompanied by a Palmer or pilgrim who represents his reason, sails across the ocean to find and ...
Carolyne Larrington, 2006
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Edmund Spenser: New and Renewed Directions
The Virgin Spring as Ovidian Fable: Violation, Virginity, and Love In the epic ethos of Book II Acrasia fills the role played by Dido in the Aeneid, seducing errant knights from their course. (The other aspect of Virgil's Dido, the pathos of her ...
J. B. Lethbridge, 2006
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Reading the Allegorical Intertext: Chaucer, Spenser, ...
43 Similarly, an image in allegory Acrasia may be, but as image, she, like her garden, nonetheless exceeds and surpasses rationality, or even intelligibility, alone. That an image in an allegory of temperance should do so is in some way a  ...
Judith Anderson, 2009
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The Body Emblazoned: Dissection and the Human Body in ...
The exchange, in the Renaissance, was at once more complex, and more overt. Spenser's 'Bower of Blisse' in The Fame Queenie (F Q II.xii) perfectly captures the mediation of science through the devices of art. Like Adonis in Book III, Acrasia ...
Jonathan Sawday, 2013
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The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry Before 1600
After the fight with Maleger and his men, Guyon and the Palmer take a three-day ferry ride to the island domain of Acrasia. Guyon and the Palmer find dangerous obstacles along the way, including fog, the Gulf of Greediness, and sea monsters  ...
Michelle M. Sauer, 2008
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Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for ...
Here is an example of its use: # snoop src bagel and dst acrasia and port 23 Using device /dev/eri (promiscuous mode) bagel -> acrasia TELNET C port= 32574 a bagel -> acrasia TELNET C port=32574 bagel -> acrasia TELNET C port =32574 ...
Æleen Frisch, 2002
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
Endocrinol. LXVI. 40 Of the four groups of chordates, tunicates,. . appendicularians, acraniates, and craniates, the first three groups are suspension feeders. acrasia(o'kre1219, a'kraesn), n.1 Obs. exc. in Med. dicts. Also 7-8 acrasie, 6-9 acrasy.
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
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Transformations of Circe: The History of an Enchantress
Yet the ability of Acrasia, the seductress of the Bower of Bliss at the end of book 2 of The Faerie Queene, to turn the men in whom she has lost sexual interest into animals leaves little doubt about her mythological ancestry. Like Ariosto's Alcina  ...
Judith Yarnall, 1994
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Mental Conflict
We need not worry that often in impetuous acrasia, when universal knowledge remains unactualized because appetite has obscured its relevance, it is, after all, being 'dragged about as a result of the affection' (b16–17): innumerable factors ...
A. W. Price, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACRASIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acrasia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Acrasia debut new song with new vocalist
Acrasia debut new song with new vocalist. 17.05.15 | Alex Sievers. Melbourne local rockers, Acrasia, have debuted a brand new song with their new singer, and ... «Kill Your Stereo, May 15»
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Acrasia unveil their new singer
Earlier this week, Melbourne post-hardcore locals, Acrasia announced the identity of their new singer. The new vocalist Jimmy Stevenson ... «Kill Your Stereo, Mar 15»
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Dance Gavin Dance Announce National Tour
... their tour in Brisbane, at the Brightside, on Saturday, 23 May. The band will be joined for all shows except Perth by Melburnian faves Acrasia. «theMusic, Feb 15»
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Senex Energy continues oil drilling success in the Cooper Basin …
In addition, the Acrasia-6 appraisal well confirmed several opportunities to increase oil production from the Acrasia oil field, 125 kilometres ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jan 14»
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More than 450 oil and gas leads and prospects generated in Senex …
During 2013, discoveries at Burruna and Dunlop, and the rejuvenation of Worrior and Acrasia oil fields have demonstrated the value of 3D ... «OilVoice, Dec 13»
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Senex Energy Ltd, Acrasia-6 Intersects 31 Metres of Net Oil Pay and …
Senex Energy Limited (Senex, ASX:SXY) has delivered further success as part of its 30+ well drilling program for 2013/14, with Acrasia-6 ... «Finance News Network, Dec 13»
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Ethiopia to shine second time round
... Acrasia, Lord Cardigan, The Victory, Revenue, Clean Sweep, Merriwee, The Grafter, Gaulus, Newhaven, Auraria, Patron, Tarcoola, Glenloth ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 13»
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Red red shine
... Toehider, Alithia, Motionless Me, Bear the Mammoth, the Black Galaxy Experience, Kalacoma, On Sierra, Acrasia, Troldhaugen, the Spheres, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 13»
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Planet Gas and partner define oil reserves at Sprigg Field in Cooper …
Notably, the Sprigg Field is located immediately to the west of Senex's Acrasia production field, offering a potential development option, while ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Aug 13»
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105 Minutes With Boris Johnson
It's a problem of affluence and acrasia, moral weakness. You know, it's associated with debt—there's a strong connection between the fattest ... «New York Magazine, Jun 12»
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