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Abulia

/əˈb(j)uː.lɪə/

Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

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    Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

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aboulianounAlternative spelling of abulia. [(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.]

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aboulianounAlternative spelling of abulia. [(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.]
avolitionnounLack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy.
drivelessnessnounAbsence of drive or ambition.
volitionlessnessnounAbsence of volition.
abasia-astasianounAlternative form of astasia-abasia [(medicine) The inability either to stand or walk due to loss of motor control.]
nonvolitionnounAbsence of volition.
mightlessnessnounAbsence of might or power.
absencenounA state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
unwillnounLack or absence of will; willlessness; undesire.
actlessnessnounAbsence of an act; failure to act; inaction.
idealessnessnounAbsence of ideas.
moodlessnessnounAbsence of mood.
absence of mindnounA state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied).
drinklessnessnounAbsence of drink.
wishlessnessnounAbsence of wishes.
unmotivationnounAn absence or lack of motivation.
athymianoun(medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
abiencenoun(psychology) Withdrawal from, or avoidance of a stimulus.
nonabdicationnounAbsence of abdication; failure to abdicate.
nonabstentionnounAbsence of abstention; failure to abstain from something.

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