abulia

[ uh-byoo-lee-uh, uh-boo- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

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

abulia

/ əˈbuːlɪə; -ˈbjuː- /

noun

1. psychiatry a pathological inability to take decisions

Derived Forms

• aˈbulic, adjective

Other Words From

• a·bulic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of abulia¹

1840–50; < New Latin, probably not < Greek aboulíā thoughtlessness, but freshly formed from a- ⁶, Greek boulḗ will, -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of abulia¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek aboulia lack of resolution, from a- ¹+ boulē will

Example Sentences

Stoneking, an eccentric Australian performer who delivers a spoken-word passage in "Abulia and Akrasia."

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the experiments should probably have been left for some future box set of outtakes dedicated to crazed White fans, including “Abulia and Akrasia,” in which singer-songwriter C.W.

From Washington Times

It was a case of abulia, the loss of will power of an invalid, who makes projects of active life, and no sooner attempts to carry them out, than he loses his strength again, and postpones them indefinitely.

From Project Gutenberg

Is this amusia, aphasia, agraphia, alexia. abulia?

From Time Magazine Archive

Abulia--"no will"--is an abnormal degree of lack of zest for action.

From Project Gutenberg