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Abulia

//əˈb(j)uː.lɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. countable, uncountable

    "He felt without volition, plunged into a state of aboulia."

  2. 2
    a loss of will power wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin abūlia, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “will”).

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