abulia
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abulias
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Origin of abulia
1840–50; < New Latin, probably not < Greek aboulíā thoughtlessness, but freshly formed from a- 6, Greek boulḗ will, -ia
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Judging by these mild cases, abulia may be due partly to distaste for the details of actual performance, and partly to a dread of committing oneself to anything that has the stamp of finality.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
In its normal and complete form will culminates in an act; but with wavering characters and sufferers from abulia deliberation never ends, or the resolution remains inert, incapable of realization, of asserting itself in practice.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
Some authorities have ascribed abulia to inertia or "low mental tension", some to an overdose of fear and caution, some to the paralyzing effect of suppressed desires still living in the "unconscious".
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
To shun competition and responsibility is characteristic of abulia.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
When a subject is thrown into a trance, I may expect the hypnotic phenomena known to me: lethargy, abulia, anaesthesia, analgesia, catalepsy, and every kind of susceptibility to suggestion.
From Redemption and two other plays by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Proof: Identity of development; subjective, personal character of both; teleologic character; analogy between the abortive forms of the imagination and abulias.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
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