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ABULIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abulia mean? 

ABULIA (noun)
  The noun ABULIA has 1 sense:

1. a loss of will powerplay

  Familiarity information: ABULIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABULIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A loss of will power

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aboulia; abulia

Hypernyms ("abulia" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Derivation:

abulic (suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions)


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