English

Alternative forms

• aboulia

Noun

abulia ‎(plural abulias)

1. (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[2]
   • 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:

     He felt without volition, plunged into a state of aboulia.

Translations

References

1. ↑ Morris, William, editor (1969) The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., ISBN 0-395-09066-0, published 1971, page 6
2. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7

Finnish

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀβουλία ‎(aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “without”) + βουλή ‎(boulḗ, “will”)

Noun

abulia

1. (psychiatry) abulia

Declension

Synonyms

• tahdonheikkous, tahdottomuus

Derived terms

• abuulinen

Italian

Noun

abulia f ‎(plural abulie)

1. (medicine) aboulia
2. apathy, idleness

Derived terms

• abulico

Portuguese

Noun

abulia f (uncountable)

1. (psychiatry) abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)

Spanish

Noun

abulia f ‎(plural abulias)

1. (psychiatry) abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)

Related terms

• abúlico