Acedia


(def 1).
compare .
laziness or indifference in religious matters.
historical examples

what in petrarch was a tendency, became an established condition in rousseau: the acedia reached its climax.
the development of the feeling for nature in the middle ages and modern times alfred biese

he knew that he had that sentimental disorder which he called ‘acedia,’ and wished to be rid of it.
the development of the feeling for nature in the middle ages and modern times alfred biese

noun
another word for accidie

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