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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 — See akrasia … Philosophy dictionary
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
