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inedia

/ɪnˈiːdi.ə/

inedia noun: the (purported) ability to live without food.

Noun

inedia (uncountable)

  1. The (purported) ability to live without food.
    • The problems of establishing the facts are redoubled when the discussion is narrowed to the type of inedia which in itself is less susceptible to natural explanation and intrinsically more plausible as a sign: active inedia.1965, Robert D. Smith, Comparative Miracles, B.Herder Book Company, page 34
    • Stigmatics are by no means the only mystics to experience inedia; on the contrary, it is a condition that has been experienced by a great many Catholic mystics.1989, Michael P. Carroll, Catholic Cults and Devotions: A Psychological Inquiry, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 82

Origin of inedia

From Latin inedia.

Words formed from inedia

Questions about inedia

What does inedia mean?
Inedia means the (purported) ability to live without food.
What part of speech is inedia?
Inedia is a noun.
How do you pronounce inedia?
Inedia is pronounced /ɪnˈiːdi.ə/.

Words near inedia in the dictionary

  1. ineconomies
  2. ineconomy
  3. ined.
  4. inedge
  5. inedges
  6. inedia
  7. inediate
  8. inediates
  9. inedibility
  10. inedible
  11. inedibleness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inedia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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