aboulo-, aboul-, abulo-, abul- +
(Greek: irresolution, indecision, loss or defect of the ability to make decisions)
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong
will, and the other from a strong
won't.
—Henry Ward Beecher
aboulia, abulia
1. Loss or impairment of the ability to perform voluntary actions or to make decisions.
2. Loss of will-power, as a mental disorder.
3. Reduction in speech, movement, thought, and emotional reaction; a common result of bilateral frontal lobe disease.
aboulias, abulias
The loss or the impairment of the ability to make decisions or to act independently.
aboulic, abulic
1. Relating to or suffering from aboulia/abulia.
2. Showing an abnormal inability to act or to make decisions.
aboulomania, abulomania
1. A mental disorder in which there is a loss of will-power.
2. A pathological indecisiveness.
abulia
1. A disorder marked by the partial or total inability to make decisions.
2. Absence of willpower or "wishpower".
The term implies that a person has a desire to do something, but the desire is without any force, power, or energy.
paraboulia, parabulia
Perversion of volition or will in which one impulse is checked and replaced by another.
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