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Definition of Aboulia
1. Noun. A loss of will power.
Generic synonyms: Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State
Derivative terms: Aboulic, Abulic
Definition of Aboulia
1. Noun. (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aboulia
1. abulia [n -S] : ABOULIC [adj] - See also: abulia
Medical Definition of Aboulia
1. 1. Loss or impairment of the ability to perform voluntary actions or to make decisions. 2. Reduction in speech, movement, thought, and emotional reaction; a common result of bilateral frontal lobe disease. Synonym: aboulia. Origin: G. A-priv. + boule, will (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aboulia
Literary usage of Aboulia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railway and Other Accidents with Relation to Injury and Disease of the by Allan McLane Hamilton (1904)
"... CHAPTER I. ACCIDENT aboulia. SYNONYMS. — Railway Spine — Spinal
Concussion (Erichsen)— Traumatic Neurosis (Oppenheim)— Traumatic Neurasthenia—
Traumatic ..."
2. The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies by Charles Féré (1899)
"... mania—Kleptomania—Homicidal Impulsions—aboulia—Precocity. THEY are not the
painful emotions only which pan be recalled by an outward impression which ..."
3. Mental affections by John Macpherson (1899)
"(a) aboulia (Inhibition—Folie du doute).—This condition, which is very seldom
met with in a pure and unmixed state, being usually associated with obsessions ..."
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