akrasia

English

Alternative forms

• acrasia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía, “lacking command (over oneself)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɹeɪziə/

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Noun

akrasia (uncountable)

1. Lack of self-control; excess; intemperance.
   • 2024 March 21, Shayla Love, “Why do we do things that are bad for us? The ancient philosophers had an answer”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The concept of akrasia comes from a debate in ancient philosophy about whether it is possible to act against what you know to be good.

Synonyms

• acrasy

Derived terms

• acrasial
• akratic

Translations

lack of self-control

• Dutch: gebrek aan zelfbeheersing
• Finnish: tahdon heikkous, akrasia
• German: innerer Schweinehund m, Akrasia f
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍉𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (ungahōbains)
• Persian: زیاده‌روی (fa) (ziyâde-ravi), بی‌اختیاری (bi-extiyâri)
• Polish: akrasia f
• Portuguese: acrasia f
• Russian: акра́зия f (akrázija)
• Spanish: acrasia f

References

• “acrasia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía, “lacking command (over oneself)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kra.ˈsi.a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧kra‧si‧a

Noun

akrasia (plural akrasia-akrasia, first-person possessive akrasiaku, second-person possessive akrasiamu, third-person possessive akrasianya)

1. (philosophy) acrasia

Further reading

• “akrasia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.