English Explanatory Dictionary

acrasia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also, irregular or unruly behaviour.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of akrasia (“(uncountable) lack of physical or (especially) mental strength; poor willpower; also, the tendency to act contrary to one's better judgment; (countable) an instance of this”)

Pronunciation

/əˈkɹeɪ.zɪ.ə/ /-ˈkɹæ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acrasia.wav /əˈkɹeɪ.zi.ə/

Word forms

acrasia acrasias

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”), from ἄκρᾱτος (ákrātos, “pure, unmixed; of a person: intemperate, violent”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Ἄκρᾱτος (Ákrātos) is derived from ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having a sense opposite to the stems or words to which it is attached) + κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to blend, mix; to cool or temper by mixing”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -τος (-tos, suffix forming adjectives). Doublet of acrasy.

Synonyms

acrasy immoderation incontinence abundance acrasia excess excessiveness exuberance copiousness fecundity fertileness fertility fruitfulness fulth glut intemperance mountain nimiety overabundance overage overflow overplus overquantity oversum plenteousness plentifulness plenty plethora productiveness profusion superabundance superaddition superfluity superfluousness superflux superplus surfeit surplus surplusage uberty ug

Related words

acrasy dyscrasia acratic acratically

Derived words

acrasial
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