aboulia

American

[uh-boo-lee-uh] / əˈbu li ə /

noun

abulia.

aboulia British

/ -ˈbjuː-, əˈbuːlɪə /

noun

a variant spelling of abulia

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Other Word Forms

aboulic adjective

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Gussy, the tickler’s already eliminated absenteeism, alcoholism and aboulia in numerous urban areas—and that’s just one letter of the alphabet!

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The shrinkage of the conscience, doubts, aboulias, obsessions, scruples are always disorders of the reflected will and belief.

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Whatever be the disorders you may consider, aboulias, hysterical accidents, psychasthenic obsessions, periodical depressions, melancholics, systematized deliriums, asthenic insanity, you will always find a number of facts resulting from this general perturbation.

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