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aboulia, abulia|əˈbuːlɪə, əˈbjuːlɪə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἀ- priv. + βουλή will; cf. Gr. ἀβουλία thoughtlessness.]
Loss of will-power, as a mental disorder. Hence aˈboulic, aˈbulic a. (and n.). Also abouloˈmania = aboulia.
1848Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7), Abulia, loss of the will, or of volition. 1878tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 542 In some cases this abulia reaches such a degree that the patients..abandon almost every movement, do not leave their bed [etc.]. 1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 687/2 Desire exists, resolution is formed, but no action, or only feeble action, follows. This would..be a form of aboulia. 1890Billings Med. Dict., Aboulomania, a form of insanity characterized by inability to exert the will. 1893Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 21), Abulic, one who has lost power of will. 1894Gould Dict. Med., Abulic, characterized by or affected with abulia; of defective will-power. 1899W. James Talks to Teachers xv. 179 A condition of perfect ‘abulia’, or inability to will or act. 1900J. Royce Let. 12 Sept. in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. of W. James (1935) I. 815 That left me..morally tired,—mildly aboulic, so to speak. 1940Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 235 When the individual is in a dither of indecision, or when he suffers from temporary aboulia. |