akrasia
akras·ia/əˈkɹeɪ.zi.ə/noun
akrasia is spelled A-K-R-A-S-I-A: 7 letters and 2 syllables (akras·ia). It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, akrasia means “Lack of physical or (especially) mental strength; poor willpower; also, the tendency to act contrary to one's better judgment; (countable) an…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of akrasia is akrasias.
How many letters and syllables are in akrasia?
| Letters | 7: A-K-R-A-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: akras·ia |
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is akrasia?
Akrasia appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce akrasia?
- UK /əˈkɹeɪ.zɪ.ə/
- UK /-kɹæ-/
- US /əˈkɹeɪ.zi.ə/
Akrasia has 2 syllables, split akras·ia in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-acrasia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with akrasia
Sounds like: acrasia (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of akrasia
- akrasias plural
- acrasia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does akrasia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Lack of physical or (especially) mental strength; poor willpower; also, the tendency to act contrary to one's better judgment; (countable) an instance of this.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does akrasia come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾰσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrăsĭ́ā), a variant of ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰ (ăkrắteiă, “lack of power, debility, impotence; lack of self-control, incontinence; self-indulgence”), from ἀκρατής (akratḗs, “having no authority, powerless; unable to exercise self-control, incontinent”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).