abulicadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈb(j)uːlɪk/, U.S.

/əˈbulɪk/

Forms: 1800s– aboulic, 1800s– abulic.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abulia n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < abulia n. + -ic suffix. Compare scientific Latin abulicus (1844 or earlier), and French aboulique (1894 or earlier).

Originally Psychiatry.

A. adj.

Suffering from abulia; of the nature of or relating to abulia; characterized by abulia.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > impairment of mental powers > psychasthenia

neuradynamic1857

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abulic1889

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1889 Lancet 20 Apr. 819/1 If a human being be aboulic, or without resolution, discretion, and understanding, his testimony is not reliable.

1906 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 22 98 Abulic dejection.

1969 Hispania 52 283/2 One may assume that Urbano sided with the Loyalists while the aboulic Fernando followed the path of least resistance.

2002 European Neuropsychopharmacol. 12 Suppl. S146/2 Similarity between the impoverishment of mental activity reflected in the core negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and the abulic syndrome associated with frontal cortex lesions suggests that frontal lobe malfunction is a feature of schizophrenia.

B. n.

A person suffering from abulia. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia > person

neurasthenic1884

abulic1889

psychasthenic1901

neurastheniac1904

1889 Lancet 20 Apr. 819/1 The pulse alters much between the dependent and the elevated in the aboulic.

1901 C. R. Corson tr. P. Janet Mental State Hystericals i. iii. 118 The subjects of whom we shall speak are not only abulics; they are patients who have presented attacks, anæsthesias, amnesias.

1913 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 24 227 The abulic's ideas that she should or must act are unexcelled examples of mere ideas, associative products that are of service to no one and to no thing.

1983 J. Walker Metaphysics & Aesthetics in Wks. Eduardo Barrios iii. 68 Life is tragic, concludes Barrios, especially for weak, sentimental abulics like Luis.

1995 SubStance 24 21 The dream of the exhausted, of the insomniac, of the aboulic, is..a dream of the mind that has to be made, manufactured.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abulic
释义	abulicadj.n. Brit. /əˈb(j)uːlɪk/, U.S. /əˈbulɪk/ Forms: 1800s– aboulic, 1800s– abulic. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abulia n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < abulia n. + -ic suffix. Compare scientific Latin abulicus (1844 or earlier), and French aboulique (1894 or earlier). Originally Psychiatry. A. adj. Suffering from abulia; of the nature of or relating to abulia; characterized by abulia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > impairment of mental powers > psychasthenia neuradynamic1857 neurasthenic1857 abulic1889 neurasthenical1899 psychasthenic1901 1889 Lancet 20 Apr. 819/1 If a human being be aboulic, or without resolution, discretion, and understanding, his testimony is not reliable. 1906 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 22 98 Abulic dejection. 1969 Hispania 52 283/2 One may assume that Urbano sided with the Loyalists while the aboulic Fernando followed the path of least resistance. 2002 European Neuropsychopharmacol. 12 Suppl. S146/2 Similarity between the impoverishment of mental activity reflected in the core negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and the abulic syndrome associated with frontal cortex lesions suggests that frontal lobe malfunction is a feature of schizophrenia. B. n. A person suffering from abulia. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia > person neurasthenic1884 abulic1889 psychasthenic1901 neurastheniac1904 1889 Lancet 20 Apr. 819/1 The pulse alters much between the dependent and the elevated in the aboulic. 1901 C. R. Corson tr. P. Janet Mental State Hystericals i. iii. 118 The subjects of whom we shall speak are not only abulics; they are patients who have presented attacks, anæsthesias, amnesias. 1913 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 24 227 The abulic's ideas that she should or must act are unexcelled examples of mere ideas, associative products that are of service to no one and to no thing. 1983 J. Walker Metaphysics & Aesthetics in Wks. Eduardo Barrios iii. 68 Life is tragic, concludes Barrios, especially for weak, sentimental abulics like Luis. 1995 SubStance 24 21 The dream of the exhausted, of the insomniac, of the aboulic, is..a dream of the mind that has to be made, manufactured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1889
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