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Definition of Acrasia
1. n. Excess; intemperance.
Definition of Acrasia
1. Noun. lacking self-control ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrasia
1. a lack of self-control [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrasia
Literary usage of Acrasia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Novels, Poems and Letters of Charles Kingsley by Charles Kingsley (1899)
"CHAPTER XII THE BOWER OF acrasia THE house which Pelagia and the Amal had hired
after their return to Alexandria, was one of the most splendid in the city. ..."
2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1892)
"Now acrasia has in this Book the place taken by the Dragon in the legend of the Red
... The duty of the Knight of Temperance is to find acrasia, bind her, ..."
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