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Accidie

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Ac´ci`die
n.1.Sloth; torpor.
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The sudden sense of the loss of significance, which is central to melancholy, or accidie or ennui, used to be experienced in a framework in which the meaning of things was beyond doubt.
The "twice-born" by Taylor, Charles McArthur / Cross Currents
I suspect it has to do with theological battle fatigue, exacerbated by my own accidie.
Flytes of fancy by Baumann, Paul / Commonweal
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