Dictionary

acedia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈsiːdɪə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos Proto-Hellenic *kā́dos Ancient Greek κῆδος (kêdos) Ancient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor. Latin acēdiabor. English acedia Borrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Doublet of accidie.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety.
   • Her acedia kept her trapped in a cycle of depression and torpor.
   • Yet I have come to believe that acedia can strike anyone whose work requires self - motivation and solitude year-2008, Kathleen Norris, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life, Riverhead Books, page 6:

Forms

Deriveds

acedious

Relateds

accidie · acediast

Synonyms

Weltschmerz · sluggishness · accidie · listlessness · ennui

Translations (28)

el οκνηρία (sloth) · bg мързел (sloth) · de Leidenschaftslosigkeit (apathy) · de Phlegma (apathy) · gur akedia (apathy) · pl acedia (sloth) · de Unempfindlichkeit (apathy) · gur akedia (sloth) · fi akedia (sloth) · de Faulheit f oder Trägheit f des Herzens (sloth) · it apatia (apathy) · fi akedia (apathy) · de Apathie (apathy) · de Gleichgültigkeit (apathy) · de Dumpfheit (apathy) · de Schlappheit (apathy) · de Teilnahmslosigkeit (apathy) · pl apatia (apathy) · it accidia (sloth) · de Mattigkeit (apathy) · bg незаинтересованост (apathy) · bg апатия (apathy) · fr acédie (sloth) · de Stumpfsinn (apathy) · es acedia (sloth) · de Trägheit (apathy) · de Schmachten (apathy) · de Geistes (sloth)