akrasian.

Brit.

/əˈkreɪzɪə/,

/əˈkrasɪə/, U.S.

/əˈkreɪziə/

Forms: 1800s– acrasia, 1900s– akrasia.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀκρασία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀκρασία impotence, want of self-command < ἀκρατής powerless, without authority, without self-command, incontinent ( < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + κρατός power, strength: see -cracy comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix¹.In quot. 1853 Mayne apparently confuses this word and ancient Greek ἀκρασία acrasia n.; compare discussion at that entry.

Philosophy.

Lack of physical or (esp. in later use) mental strength; weakness of will. Also: the state of tending to act against one's better judgement.Sometimes used with reference to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics vii.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun]

wokenessc1000

unstrengthc1175

frailnessa1300

weaknessa1300

brotelhede1340

frailtyc1384

tendernessa1387

slackness1398

unmain?a1400

unmight?a1400

feebility1413

fragility1474

infirmity1590

strengthlessness1666

feebleness1684

akrasia1806

weediness1860

1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words at Weakness An indisposition to motion arising from weakness, acracy, acrasy, or acrasia.

1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 14/2 Acrāsia, incontinence, or intemperance in food, drink, or any other thing; excess; also applied to weakness, or inability to move; or to want of tone, and so like Acrateia.

1952 R. M. Hare Lang. Morals 169 I shall not here inquire farther into the fascinating problem which has been called, ever since Aristotle's masterly exploration of it, the problem of Akrasia or ‘weakness of will’.

1969 G. Vlastos in Phoenix 23 75 Most cases of acrasia occur when the agent is only half convinced of the goodness of an action.

1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Sept. 1056/2 It fails to convey the ghastliness of his continual backsliding, the miserable drama of his perpetual akrasia.

1986 A. E. Mele in Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 46 673 In eating the pie, Fred seems to exhibit weakness of will or what Plato and Aristotle called akrasia.

2002 J. M. Rist Real Ethics (2003) iii. 66 We..are overpowered by one or other version of acrasia; we ‘know the better and do the worse’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	akrasia
释义	akrasian. Brit. /əˈkreɪzɪə/, /əˈkrasɪə/, U.S. /əˈkreɪziə/ Forms: 1800s– acrasia, 1900s– akrasia. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀκρασία. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀκρασία impotence, want of self-command < ἀκρατής powerless, without authority, without self-command, incontinent ( < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + κρατός power, strength: see -cracy comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix¹.In quot. 1853 Mayne apparently confuses this word and ancient Greek ἀκρασία acrasia n.; compare discussion at that entry. Philosophy. Lack of physical or (esp. in later use) mental strength; weakness of will. Also: the state of tending to act against one's better judgement.Sometimes used with reference to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics vii. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun] wokenessc1000 unstrengthc1175 frailnessa1300 weaknessa1300 brotelhede1340 frailtyc1384 tendernessa1387 slackness1398 unmain?a1400 unmight?a1400 feebility1413 fragility1474 infirmity1590 strengthlessness1666 feebleness1684 akrasia1806 weediness1860 1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words at Weakness An indisposition to motion arising from weakness, acracy, acrasy, or acrasia. 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 14/2 Acrāsia, incontinence, or intemperance in food, drink, or any other thing; excess; also applied to weakness, or inability to move; or to want of tone, and so like Acrateia. 1952 R. M. Hare Lang. Morals 169 I shall not here inquire farther into the fascinating problem which has been called, ever since Aristotle's masterly exploration of it, the problem of Akrasia or ‘weakness of will’. 1969 G. Vlastos in Phoenix 23 75 Most cases of acrasia occur when the agent is only half convinced of the goodness of an action. 1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Sept. 1056/2 It fails to convey the ghastliness of his continual backsliding, the miserable drama of his perpetual akrasia. 1986 A. E. Mele in Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 46 673 In eating the pie, Fred seems to exhibit weakness of will or what Plato and Aristotle called akrasia. 2002 J. M. Rist Real Ethics (2003) iii. 66 We..are overpowered by one or other version of acrasia; we ‘know the better and do the worse’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1806
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