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ABULIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abulia mean?
• ABULIA (noun)
The noun ABULIA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ABULIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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