Acedia

From Greek "akēdia" (absence of care), "a-" (not) + "kēdos" (care, concern). The desert monks called it the "noonday demon," the midday torpor that made prayer and life feel pointless; it was the original name behind the deadly sin later rendered as sloth.

  1. noun · /uh-SEE-dee-uh/

    A listless spiritual apathy — the inability to care about what should matter.

    A specific weary indifference, older and deeper than boredom: the collapse of the will to be engaged.

    The lockdown weeks slid into a gray acedia in which even the things he loved felt like chores.

    Apathy is a general lack of feeling or interest; acedia is a heavier, almost spiritual version — not just not caring, but being unable to care about things one knows to be important.