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acrasia
acrasia, n.2 Philos. (əˈkreɪzɪə, əˈkræsɪə) Also 20 akrasia. [a. Gr. ἀκρᾰσία f. ἀ- privative prefix + κρᾰτός power, strength. In certain (esp. med.) sources there is app. some confusion (both etymological and semantic) with *acrasia n.1: see quot. 1853.] The state of mind in which one acts against on...
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Acrasia (moth)
Species
Acrasia contains the following species:
Acrasia accepta Krüger, 2013
Acrasia amoena Krüger, 2013
Acrasia ava (Prout L. Acrasia drakensbergensis (Herbulot, 1992)
Acrasia dukei Krüger, 2013
Acrasia grandis Krüger, 2013
Acrasia lechriogramma Krüger, 2013
Acrasia lenzi
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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
Acrasia, a character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene
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Acrasia (horse)
Acrasia (foaled 1897) was an Australian racehorse that won the 1904 Melbourne Cup. Racing career
Bred and owned by bookmaker Humphrey Oxenham, Acrasia finished fourth in the 1902 Melbourne Cup.
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acrasy
▪ I. acrasy n. var. *acrasia n.1▪ II. † ˈacrasy Obs. [ad. med.L. acrasia, which seems to confuse Gr. ἀκρᾱσία ill-temperature, badly-mixed quality (f. ἄκρᾱτος unmixed, untempered, intemperate) applied by Hippocr. to meats, with ἀκρᾰσία impotence, want of self-command (f. ἀκρᾰτής powerless, without au...
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Protentomon acrasia
Protentomon acrasia is a species of proturan in the family Protentomidae. It is found in South America.
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Acrasin
The term acrasin was descriptively named after Acrasia from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, who seduced men against their will and then transformed them Acrasia is itself a play on the Greek akrasia that describes loss of free will.
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akratic
▪ I. akratic, a.1 rare—1. (əˈkrætɪk) [f. as if on Gr. *ἀκρᾱτικ(ός, f. ἄκρᾱτ(ος unmixed + -ic: see *acrasia n.1] ? Failing to mix, irregular.1851 Fraser's Mag. XLIV. 154/2 Among the akratic, or ‘chemically indifferent’, spas, Teplitz, in Bohemia, is that which combines the largest quantitly of solid ...
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Acracy
acrasy may refer to:
Akrasia, a lack of self-control or acting against one's better judgment
a term in anarchism
See also
Accuracy and precision
Acrasia
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acratic
acratic, a. and n. Philos. (əˈkrætɪk) Also akratic. [As if formed on Gr. *ἀκρᾰτικ(ός, f. ἀκρᾰτ(ής powerless + -ic: see *acrasia n.2] A. adj. Exhibiting weakness of will or ‘incontinence’. B. n. An acratic person.1969 G. Vlastos in Phoenix XXIII. 75 Gallop.. clings to the notion that the people to wh...
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Akrasia
Akrasia (; Greek , "lacking command" or "weakness", occasionally transliterated as acrasia or Anglicised as acrasy or acracy) is a lack of self-control A peak of such acrasia was perhaps reached in the 1960s cult of letting it all hang out – of breakdown, acting out and emotional self-indulgence and drama
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acrasin
acrasin Bot. (ˈækrəsɪn) [f. mod.L. Acras-is, name of a genus of slime moulds (P. van Tieghem 1880, in Bull. de la Soc. Bot. de France XXVII. 318), f. Gr. ἀ- a- prefix 14 + κρᾶσις fusion: see -in1. Cf. quot. 1969 and acrasy.] A substance secreted by the cells of some slime moulds which acts as an att...
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Protentomon acrasia (Vidal Sarmiento & Najt, 1971)
Protentomon atlanteum Condé, 1951
Protentomon barandiarani Condé, 1947
Protentomon berlesei
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