Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Loss or impairment of the ability to make decisions or act independently.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of mental derangement in which volition is impaired or lost. Also written
aboulia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an abnormally intense inability to make decisions; severe irresolution.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loss of will power
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Domoman: Ribczynski, On your statement about "abulia": I do not find it a problem for dualism that ... nullasalus: ribczynski, "You misquoted me as saying that science had 'proved' that the YEC God does not ... gpuccio: ribczynski: I will wait for your complete answer, and then comment on all.
Uncommon Descent 2008
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To All: Sorry about being slow with this, but I went from the SHOT Show to the SCI convention, and then had an attack of abulia when I got home.
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To Beekeeper: I also have a PhD in quantum physics and am working on a cure for abulia, for which I expect a Nobel Prize.
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Unlike Holden, though, Dwight, who suffers from abulia, a disease characterized by a lack of will or initiative, is too sweetly vague to engage in a critique of the "phony" world around him.
The Won't-Grow-Up Modern Male Kay S. Hymowitz 2011
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To Beekeeper: I also have a PhD in quantum physics and am working on a cure for abulia, for which I expect a Nobel Prize.
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To All: Sorry about being slow with this, but I went from the SHOT Show to the SCI convention, and then had an attack of abulia when I got home.
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Please don't let a slight attack of abulia interfere with your next post, article, or hunt that you will write of, and we can dream of.
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I'm told a stiff drink of Ezra Brooks and a good kick in gluteus maximus will cure abulia with only one or two applications.
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I'm told a stiff drink of Ezra Brooks and a good kick in gluteus maximus will cure abulia with only one or two applications.
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Please don't let a slight attack of abulia interfere with your next post, article, or hunt that you will write of, and we can dream of.
amberella commented on the word abulia
a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.
January 4, 2007
sionnach commented on the word abulia
See also gynoaromabulia, the inability to choose a favorite Spice Girl.
November 3, 2008
qms commented on the word abulia
The waitress will bring the bill hither
And cause our composure to wither.
Not feeble abulia
But crude dyscalculia
Will force us to helplessly dither.
July 30, 2015