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Idleness is a lack of motion or energy. In describing a person, idle means the act of nothing or no work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). A person who spends his or her days doing nothing could be said to be "idly passing his or her days" (for example: "Mary has been idle on her instant messenger account for hours."). An idle machine is stopped, exerting no work. A computer processor or communication circuit is described as idle when it is not being used by any program, application or message. Similarly, an engine of an automobile may be described as idle when it is running only to sustain its running (not doing any useful work), this is also called the tickover (see idle).

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  • Müßiggang (von mittelhochdeutsch müezec gân, müßig gehen, untätig sein, nichts tun, träge sein; von althochdeutsch muozîg, Muße habend) bezeichnet das Aufsuchen der Muße, das entspannte und von Pflichten freie Ausleben, nicht die Erholung von besonderen Stresssituationen oder körperlichen Belastungen. Er geht z. B. mit geistigen Genüssen oder leichten vergnüglichen Tätigkeiten einher, kann jedoch auch das reine Nichtstun bedeuten. (de)
  • Idleness is a lack of motion or energy. In describing a person, idle means the act of nothing or no work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). A person who spends his or her days doing nothing could be said to be "idly passing his or her days" (for example: "Mary has been idle on her instant messenger account for hours."). An idle machine is stopped, exerting no work. A computer processor or communication circuit is described as idle when it is not being used by any program, application or message. Similarly, an engine of an automobile may be described as idle when it is running only to sustain its running (not doing any useful work), this is also called the tickover (see idle). (en)
  • L'oisiveté désigne l'état d'une personne qui n'a pas d'activité laborieuse. Selon les époques, selon le contexte, la notion d'oisiveté est associée soit à une valeur, celle de l'otium antique, cultivée par l'aristocratie, soit à la paresse, à l'inutilité, dans une société sacralisant le travail. Elle est revalorisée par les sociologues et les philosophes modernes et contemporains comme instrument se lutte contre la productivité déshumanisante. « L’idée que les pauvres puissent avoir des loisirs a toujours choqué les riches. » — Bertrand Russell, Éloge de l'oisiveté (fr)
  • Il termine ozio (derivato dal latino otium) genericamente si riferisce a ciò che caratterizza un lasso di tempo, più o meno lungo, durante il quale, occasionalmente o abitualmente, per carattere, per libera scelta o per costrizione, non si svolga nessuna attività particolarmente profittevole come può accadere che si presenti nel caso del cosiddetto "dolce far niente" inteso come «uno stato di ozio felice e spensierato». Dolce far niente, dipinto di John William Waterhouse (it)
  • O ócio, no sentido vulgar do termo, remete à noção de folga, de falta de compromissos de trabalho e, nesse contexto, possui uma conotação negativa que liga a ideia de ociosidade à ideia de vadiagem e de preguiça. Na literatura e na sociologia, contudo, o termo foi e é empregado muitas vezes em sentidos distintos. (pt)
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  • Müßiggang (von mittelhochdeutsch müezec gân, müßig gehen, untätig sein, nichts tun, träge sein; von althochdeutsch muozîg, Muße habend) bezeichnet das Aufsuchen der Muße, das entspannte und von Pflichten freie Ausleben, nicht die Erholung von besonderen Stresssituationen oder körperlichen Belastungen. Er geht z. B. mit geistigen Genüssen oder leichten vergnüglichen Tätigkeiten einher, kann jedoch auch das reine Nichtstun bedeuten. (de)
  • Idleness is a lack of motion or energy. In describing a person, idle means the act of nothing or no work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). A person who spends his or her days doing nothing could be said to be "idly passing his or her days" (for example: "Mary has been idle on her instant messenger account for hours."). An idle machine is stopped, exerting no work. A computer processor or communication circuit is described as idle when it is not being used by any program, application or message. Similarly, an engine of an automobile may be described as idle when it is running only to sustain its running (not doing any useful work), this is also called the tickover (see idle). (en)
  • L'oisiveté désigne l'état d'une personne qui n'a pas d'activité laborieuse. Selon les époques, selon le contexte, la notion d'oisiveté est associée soit à une valeur, celle de l'otium antique, cultivée par l'aristocratie, soit à la paresse, à l'inutilité, dans une société sacralisant le travail. Elle est revalorisée par les sociologues et les philosophes modernes et contemporains comme instrument se lutte contre la productivité déshumanisante. « L’idée que les pauvres puissent avoir des loisirs a toujours choqué les riches. » — Bertrand Russell, Éloge de l'oisiveté (fr)
  • Il termine ozio (derivato dal latino otium) genericamente si riferisce a ciò che caratterizza un lasso di tempo, più o meno lungo, durante il quale, occasionalmente o abitualmente, per carattere, per libera scelta o per costrizione, non si svolga nessuna attività particolarmente profittevole come può accadere che si presenti nel caso del cosiddetto "dolce far niente" inteso come «uno stato di ozio felice e spensierato». Dolce far niente, dipinto di John William Waterhouse (it)
  • O ócio, no sentido vulgar do termo, remete à noção de folga, de falta de compromissos de trabalho e, nesse contexto, possui uma conotação negativa que liga a ideia de ociosidade à ideia de vadiagem e de preguiça. Na literatura e na sociologia, contudo, o termo foi e é empregado muitas vezes em sentidos distintos. (pt)
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  • Müßiggang (de)
  • Idleness (en)
  • Oisiveté (fr)
  • Ozio (it)
  • Ócio (pt)
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