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akrasia

lack of self-control or state of acting against one's better judgment
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akrasia

Summary

akrasia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,493 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • akrasia is a type of weakness[2].
  • akrasia is a type of irrationality[3].
  • akrasia is a type of inconsistency[4].
  • akrasia's facet of is recorded as intentional human activity[5].
  • akrasia's facet of is recorded as self-control[6].
  • akrasia's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[7].
  • akrasia's different from is recorded as acraty[8].
  • akrasia's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as commitment device[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include weakness[2], irrationality[3], and inconsistency[4].

Why It Matters

akrasia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,493 views/month).[1] akrasia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] akrasia is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → intentional human activity, self-control
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → commitment device
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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