different between decisiveness vs abulia

English

Etymology

decisive +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sa?s?vn?s/

Noun

decisiveness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being decisive.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• aboulia

Etymology

From New Latin ab?lia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ?- (a-, “without”) + ????? (boul?, “will”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b(j)u?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??bu.li.?/
• Rhymes: -u?li?

Noun

abulia (countable and uncountable, plural abulias)

1. (psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.]
   • 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman:

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

   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     His virginal modesty is a modern abulia.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Labiau

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (aboulía, “irresolution”), from ?- (a-, “without”) + ????? (boul?, “will”)

Noun

abulia

1. (psychiatry) abulia

Declension

Synonyms

• tahdonheikkous, tahdottomuus

Derived terms

• abuulinen

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (aboulía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bu?li.a/
• Hyphenation: a?bu?lìa

Noun

abulia f (plural abulie)

1. (medicine) abulia
2. apathy, idleness

Derived terms

• abulico

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

abulia f (uncountable)

1. (psychiatry) abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (aboulía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bulja/, [a???u.lja]

Noun

abulia f (plural abulias)

1. (psychiatry) abulia (absence of will-power or decisiveness)

Related terms

• abúlico

Further reading

• “abulia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.