abulia
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
abulia
- (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.]
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:
- He felt without volition, plunged into a state of aboulia.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- His virginal modesty is a modern abulia.
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:
- French: aboulie
- German: Abulie, Entschlussunfähigkeit
- Italian: abulia
- Portuguese: abulia
- Russian: абули́я
- Spanish: abulia
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