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I think you misquoted. The actual meaning is weakness of will to act according to one's better judgement. From the wiki article ""lacking command" or "weakness
by MichaelZuo 4y ago
I think you misquoted. The actual meaning is weakness of will to act according to one's better judgement.
From the wiki article ""lacking command" or "weakness", occasionally transliterated as acrasia or Anglicised as acrasy or acracy) is a lack of self-control, or acting against one's better judgment."
- kalimanzaro 4y agoThey didn't misquote, that was copy-pasted directly from Wikipedia. Maybe raise the issue with Wikipedia?
- FabHK 4y agoIt's "(weakness of will to act) against one's better judgement", or "weakness of will (to act according to one's better judgment)".
- greggsy 4y agoSeems similar to the experience of those with executive function disorders, where the sufferer knows that they should be doing an important task, but they prioritise some other less important but more engaging or satisfying task. (In other words: procrastination.)
- OJFord 4y agoJust missing punctuation I think - 'a weakness of will; to act against [...]'.
- throwaway173738 4y agoI guess it would be characterized by someone noticing water seeping into their house in the dead of night and then going back to sleep instead of trying to stem the flow.