acrasia

acrasia
See akrasia .

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  • Acrasia — A*cra si*a, Acrasy Ac ra*sy . [Gr. akrasia.] Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] Farindon. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acrasia — s. f. Desregramento, intemperança …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Acrasia (disambiguation) — Acrasia may refer to:* Akrasia, the state of acting against one s better judgement * Acrasia (horse), a racing horse, 1904 Melbourne Cup winner * Acrasia (moth) , a geometer moth genus * Acrasia (protists), a proposed phylum of protists * A… …   Wikipedia

  • acrasia — noun lacking self control Syn: acrasy …   Wiktionary

  • ACRASIA —    an impersonation in Spenser s Faërie Queen, of intemperance in the guise of a beautiful sorceress …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • acrasia — noun variant spelling of akrasia …   English new terms dictionary

  • acrasia — acra·sia …   English syllables

  • acrasia — Acting against one s own judgment, or lacking self control …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • acrasia — əˈkrāzh(ē)ə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek akrasia bad mixture, from akratos unmixed + ia : a genus (the type of the family Acrasiaceae) of saprophytic fungi of the order Acrasiales having amoeboid cells… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Acrasy — Acrasia A*cra si*a, Acrasy Ac ra*sy . [Gr. akrasia.] Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] Farindon. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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