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media: noun
acidic: adjective and adverb
India: noun
ace: noun
mass media: noun
acid: noun
acquit: transitive verb

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media [ˈmiːdiə] N

1. media pl of:

Phrases:

a mídia

the mass media

os meios de comunicação de massa

See also medium

I . medium [ˈmiːdiəm] ADJ

médio(-a)

II . medium [ˈmiːdiəm] N

1. medium media [or -s] (method):

meio m

through the medium of

por intermédio de

2. medium no pl COMPUT:

data medium

meio de transmissão de dados

3. medium -s (spiritualist):

médium mf

acidic [əˈsɪdɪk] ADJ

ácido(-a)

acidic (sour) taste

azedo(-a)

India [ˈɪndiə] N

Índia f

ace [eɪs] N

ace

ás m

mass media N

the mass media

the mass media

os meios de comunicação de massa

acid [ˈæsɪd] N

acid

ácido m

acquit <-tt-> [əˈkwɪt] VB trans

1. acquit LAW:

to acquit sb of sth

absolver alguém de a. c.

Phrases:

to acquit oneself well

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

And it was this aspect of acedia that my audiences wanted to discuss. www.cnn.com

Several centuries later, as the church developed its doctrine of the "seven deadly sins," acedia was tucked into the sin of sloth, and the word disappeared from the common vocabulary. www.cnn.com

They developed a sophisticated psychology of the "eight bad thoughts" that commonly troubled them, the most spiritually devastating of which were acedia, anger and pride. www.cnn.com

The best-known of the psychological signs of acedia is tedium, boredom or general laziness. en.wikipedia.org

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. www.huffingtonpost.com

We had a bad case of acedia last year and lost all our rhododendrons. www.catholicherald.co.uk

The vice acedia is more commonly known as sloth. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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