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acedia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | laziness, sloth |
| Type of | deadly sin, mortal sin |
Examples of acedia
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To combat what she calls the vice of acedia, Norris armed herself with religion.
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The person afflicted by acedia refuses to care or is incapable of doing so.
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The second recounts the author's experiences with acedia in her complicated marriage.
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When the tentacles of acedia encroach, she turns to the Lord's Prayer.
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One involves defining acedia as similar to indifference, but more than that term implies.
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He was a masterpiece of acedia, a skull full of ashes, a rhapsodist of his own desolation.
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The early Christian monks, who lived in the desert, knew the condition of acedia all too well.
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The answer must be met with a Sophie-like acedia from the viewer.
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Why, in fact, does this natural, insatiable curiosity turn into acedia, if not outright antipathy?
From the guardian.co.uk
- Sloth: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Acedia (/u0259u02C8siu02D0diu0259/; also accidie or accedie /u02C8u00E6ksu1D7Bdi/, from Latin acedu012Da, and this from Greek u1F00u03BAu03B7u03B4u03AFu03B1, "negligence") is a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world. It can lead to a state of being unable to perform one's duties in life. Its spiritual overtones make it related to but arguably distinct from depression...
- Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference; boredom
- A less common synonym for sloth, one of the seven "capital" sins.
- A gradual withdrawl into isolation or indifference, cutting down activities & cutting off contacts, sometimes an early sign of depression.
