Word
abulia
Phoneticsab·u·lia
Definition
n. a medical condition where a person loses the ability to make decisions or take action. It is often linked to brain damage or mental health issues.
n. a neurological condition characterised by a lack of will or initiative, often resulting in an inability to make decisions or perform voluntary actions. Typically associated with frontal lobe damage or certain psychiatric disorders.
Examples
“The patient showed signs of abulia after the accident.”
“Doctors observed that the patient's abulia prevented him from initiating even basic daily tasks like eating or dressing.”
“While the patient remained cognitively intact, his abulia rendered him unable to execute his own plans, as if his internal drive had been extinguished by the injury.”
Examples
simple
“The patient showed signs of abulia after the accident.”
contextual
“Doctors observed that the patient's abulia prevented him from initiating even basic daily tasks like eating or dressing.”
complex
“While the patient remained cognitively intact, his abulia rendered him unable to execute his own plans, as if his internal drive had been extinguished by the injury.”
Etymology
From New Latin abūlia, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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