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PRONUNCIATION OF ABOULIA

aboulia  [əˈbuːlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABOULIA

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Aboulia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABOULIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aboulia

Aboulia or abulia, in neurology, refers to a lack of will or initiative and can be seen as a disorder of diminished motivation. Aboulia falls in the middle of the spectrum of diminished motivation, with apathy being less extreme and akinetic mutism being more extreme than aboulia. A patient with aboulia is unable to act or make decisions independently. It may range in severity from subtle to overwhelming. It is also known as Blocq's disease. Abulia was originally considered to be a disorder of the will.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABOULIA


abulia
əˈbuːlɪə
acalculia
ˌækælˈkjuːlɪə
amelia
əˈmiːlɪə
aurelia
ɔːˈriːlɪə
bromelia
brəˈmiːlɪə
camellia
kəˈmiːlɪə
Delia
ˈdiːlɪə
dulia
ˈdjuːlɪə
dyscalculia
ˌdɪskælˈkjuːlɪə
earlier
ˈɜːlɪə
Elia
ˈiːlɪə
Karelia
kəˈriːlɪə
mycelia
maɪˈsiːlɪə
peculiar
pɪˈkjuːlɪə
Somalia
səʊˈmɑːlɪə
sterculia
stɜːˈkjuːlɪə
syringomyelia
səˌrɪŋɡəʊmaɪˈiːlɪə
telia
ˈtiːlɪə
thulia
ˈθjuːlɪə
unrulier
ʌnˈruːlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABOULIA

abortive
abortively
abortiveness
abortuaries
abortuary
abortus
abought
Aboukir Bay
aboulic
abound
about
about face
about to
about turn
about-face
about-ship
about-shipped
about-shipping
about-turn
abouts

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABOULIA

Anglia
Apulia
Australia
Cecilia
dahlia
folia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
hyperdulia
Italia
magnolia
memorabilia
Mongolia
Pietas Julia
Puglia
saintpaulia
Sicilia
South Australia
Thalia
Venezia Giulia
Western Australia

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Translator English - Chinese

aboulia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abulia
570 millions of speakers

English

aboulia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aboulia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فقد الإرادة
280 millions of speakers

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aboulia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abulia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aboulia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aboulie
220 millions of speakers

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Aboulia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abulie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

aboulia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

aboulia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aboulia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aboulia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனநோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Aboulia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irade yitimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abulia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aboulia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

aboulia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abulie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αβουλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aboulia
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

aboulia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aboulia
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABOULIA»

The term «aboulia» is used very little and occupies the 179.470 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABOULIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aboulia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABOULIA»

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The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology ...
faculties, it is alleged, not being of necessity affected'.118 Nineteenth century accounts of aboulia were clearer than current ones.119 The term Abulie can be found in clinical use as early as 1847. 12° By 1858 it appeared in medical ...
G. E. Berrios, 1996
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Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Prefatory note. ...
In less extreme cases the aboulia appears as a form of persistent irresolution, of which De Quincey's Confessions — in his case the condition was due to and aggravated by opium-poisoning — furnish a suggestive instance. In the most ...
James Mark Baldwin, Benjamin Rand, 1902
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The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
2 aboulia aboulia In 19th-century psychiatry, aboulia was a “disorder of the will” or “a form of insanity characterized by an inability to exert the will.” Before the rise of PSYCHOANALYSIS and behaviorism in the 20th century, many psychiatrists ...
Richard Noll, 2009
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Animal magnetism
To take, again, a case of agraphia, a subject affected by aboulia may be able to write anything except his signature, as was the case with a notary observed by Billod, while a subject affected by normal agraphia is unable to write anything at all.
Alfred Binet, Charles Féré, 1891
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Symptomatology, Psychognosis, and Diagnosis of Psychopathic ...
Localized aboulia has relation only to a particular member of the body. This is not due to local disturbances, but there is general apathy in relation to movement of this particular member. The member affected seems to be entirely disregarded ...
Boris Sidis, 1914
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Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Aboulia. Diseases. of. the. Will. Advertising Regulation Alternative Medicine Anorexia Atkins, Robert, MD (1930–2003) ... The psychiatric diagnosis that resulted was “aboulia,” the inability to execute what one wants to do, without any sign of ...
Sander L. Gilman, 2007
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A Practical Manual of Mental Medicine
In another case the excitation being normal, the lesion may affect the reactional element, and if the arrest is the function involved an irresistible act (impulsion) is produced, or if it is the motor function, then action is impossible (aboulia). Lesions  ...
Emmanuel Régis, 1895
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The Madwoman Can't Speak: Or why Insanity is Not Subversive
This was nothing more nor less than aboulia. Arising in the manner described, it was of importance in that it showed the existence of a secondary consciousness, concomitant or coexisting with the habitual consciousness. For two wills to ...
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, 1998
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In Sickness and in Health: A Manual of Domestic Medicine and ...
A technical name is " Aboulia," or morbid will-lessness. The second type of defects of will is that of the chaotic or " segmented " will, whose plans do not hang together, whose action is morbidly impulsive, capricious, inconsistent, or inwardly  ...
James West Roosevelt, 1896
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A Text-book of Psychiatry for Physicians and Students
Pain, which is paralyzing, obstructs all the motor circuits, because it forbids the penetration of the intellectual and emotional syntheses into consciousness, and we have aboulia, the lack of will. If the syntheses are dissociated, as in mental ...
Leonardo Bianchi, 1906

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABOULIA»

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Out and About: Weekend Picks
SPOOKY SCARY: Washington Improv Theater's HOWL begins tonight with Fuzz Ups, Aboulia, and SeasonSix at 7:30 p.m. and Country Music ... «DCist.com, Oct 14»
2
Sergei Dovlatov and the Hearsay of Memory
He suffers, says Dovlatov, from aboulia, or “total atrophy of the will”: “He was a phenomenon that belonged to the vegetable kingdom, a bright, ... «New Yorker, Apr 14»
3
Expect the unexpected at the first District Improv Festival, kicking off …
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Aboulia! Gus, Season Six 9:30-10:30 p.m.: Mason Improv Association, Jive Turkey, the Score. Thursday 8-9 p.m.: Sistine Robot, ... «Washington Post, Sep 13»
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Free and Inexpensive Things to Do Over Inauguration Weekend
January 18 and 19 at DC Arts Center, Aboulia hosts an improv-themed inaugural event featuring lots and lots of local comedians. $11. January ... «Washingtonian.com, Jan 13»
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Mayor kicks off ILO meeting
Others attending include the director-general of the ILO, Juan Somalia; Aboulia Jane, the executive secretary of United Nations Economic ... «Joburg, Oct 11»
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Interview: Tron Legacy's Jeff Bridges
My mothers says that I have aboulia. Have you ever heard of that term? It's a mental disorder, I guess. I have difficulty making a decision ... «Cinema Blend, Dec 10»

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