abulia
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.lɪ.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈb(j)u.li.ə/, /eɪˈbju.li.ə/
- Rhymes: -uːliə
Noun[edit]
abulia (plural abulias)
- (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][2]
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:
- He felt without volition, plunged into a state of aboulia.
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:
Translations[edit]
absence of will-power or decisiveness
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References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”)
Noun[edit]
abulia
- (psychiatry) abulia
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of abulia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | abulia | abuliat | |
| genitive | abulian | abulioiden abulioitten |
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| partitive | abuliaa | abulioita | |
| illative | abuliaan | abulioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | abulia | abuliat | |
| accusative | nom. | abulia | abuliat |
| gen. | abulian | ||
| genitive | abulian | abulioiden abulioitten abuliainrare |
|
| partitive | abuliaa | abulioita | |
| inessive | abuliassa | abulioissa | |
| elative | abuliasta | abulioista | |
| illative | abuliaan | abulioihin | |
| adessive | abulialla | abulioilla | |
| ablative | abulialta | abulioilta | |
| allative | abulialle | abulioille | |
| essive | abuliana | abulioina | |
| translative | abuliaksi | abulioiksi | |
| instructive | — | abulioin | |
| abessive | abuliatta | abulioitta | |
| comitative | — | abulioineen | |
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
abulia f (plural abulie)
Derived terms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
abulia f (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
abulia f (plural abulias)
- (psychiatry) abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)
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