acedia
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a·ce·di·a
(ă-sē'dē-ă),Obsolete term for a mental syndrome, the chief features of which are listlessness, carelessness, apathy, and melancholia.
acedia
A nebulous and obsolete term for a state of melancholy, apathy and disinterest in the environment. The modern equivalents would be the blues, abulia.acedia
(ă-sē′dē-ă) [L. fr. Gr. akēdeia, heedlessness]Mental state of indifference, insensibility; lack of energy or emotion; apathy.