Translations for „acedia“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

acedia N

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For those of you who are not up on your deadly sins, acedia is a little known sin of neglecting to take care of something that one should do.

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There is no certain remedy for acedia, any more than for anger and pride.

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Acedia frequently presents signs somatically.

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This is better than acedia, but not enough to grow through your trauma or darkness.

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Acedia is essentially a flight from the world that leads to not caring even that one does not care.

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Acedia feeds on "compassion fatigue" and assures us that the world's problems are so big that we need not trouble ourselves about them.

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But until recently, acedia hadn't been studied in depth as a psychological concept.

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Acedia can manifest as either extreme lethargy or hyperactivity, but it is not merely an individual spiritual problem.

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We had a bad case of acedia last year and lost all our rhododendrons.

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A host of psychological symptoms can also signify the presence of acedia, which affects the mental state and behavior of the afflicted.

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