acrasia

/əˈkɹeɪ.zɪ.ə/

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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. isim Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also, irregular or unruly behaviour.

    “Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may gheſſe) / To come, vvhere vile Acraſia does vvonne [live], / Acraſia a falſe enchauntereſſe, / That many errant knightes hath fovvle fordonne: […]”

  2. isim 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”)

    “What I think this depicts is a relationship between the reasons we have to act and the action we do. This problem of acrasia suggests that sometimes we have those reasons. We think smoking is bad for health so the action we would expect is that we would refrain from smoking. Instead, we smoke.”

Eş anlamlılar

acrasy immoderation incontinence abundance excess excessiveness exuberance copiousness fecundity fertileness fertility fruitfulness fulth glut intemperance mountain nimiety overabundance overage overflow

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