acracia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *kírnāmi

Ancient Greek κεράννυμι (keránnumi)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρᾱτος (ắkrātos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía)lbor.

Portuguese acracia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

acracia f (plural acracias)

1. (politics) acracy, anarchy

   Synonym: anarquia

2. (medicine) acrasia, akrasia

   Synonym: astenia

Further reading

• “acracia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acracia”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “acracia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “acracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *kírnāmi

Ancient Greek κεράννυμι (keránnumi)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρᾱτος (ắkrātos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía)lbor.

Spanish acracia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρασία (akrasía). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾaθja/ [aˈkɾa.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾasja/ [aˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧cra‧cia

Noun

acracia f (plural acracias)

1. acrasia
2. (politics) acracy, anarchy

   Synonym: anarquía

Further reading

• “acracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025