Acedia and Passivity

Acedia

Acedia noun - Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
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Passivity and acedia are semantically related in state of doing nothing topic. In some cases you can use "Passivity" instead a noun "Acedia".

Passivity

Passivity noun - The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.

Acedia and passivity are semantically related in state of doing nothing topic. You can use "Acedia" instead a noun "Passivity".

Nearby Words: passion, passive, passively, passivation
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