abulia

American

[uh-byoo-lee-uh, uh-boo-] / əˈbju li ə, əˈbu- /

noun

Psychiatry.

a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.

abulia British

/ əˈbuːlɪə, -ˈbjuː- /

noun

psychiatry a pathological inability to take decisions

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Derived Forms

abulic

adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

abulias

plural

Etymology

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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Abulia is not just a comfortable laziness, but is attended by a sense of humiliation and inferiority.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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