abulia
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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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Imagination, and abulia, 11; and foresight, 284; anthropocentric, 10; basis of the cosmic process, 75; Commercial, 281; complete in animals, 95; condensed in common objects, 276; Conditions of, 44; Development of, 167 ff.;
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
To shun competition and responsibility is characteristic of abulia.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
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 Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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 Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
We felt much inclined at first to denominate him a case of abulia, but his stubbornness in recalcitrancy led us to change our opinion.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William
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 Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
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