abulia

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈb(j)uː.lɪə/
• (America) IPA: /əˈbu.li.ə/

Noun

abulia

1. (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.

Translations

• French: aboulie
• German: Abulie, Entschlussunfähigkeit
• Italian: abulia
• Portuguese: abulia
• Russian: абули́я
• Spanish: abulia

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