Relating to or characterized by a lack of willpower or the inability to make decisions and take action.
From a- (prefix meaning 'without') + volition (from Latin volitio, 'act of willing'). The prefix a- negates volition, creating a psychological term describing diminished motivation and decision-making capacity.
Psychiatrists use 'avolitional' to describe a symptom of certain mental health conditions where people lose the drive to do things—it's not laziness, it's a genuine neurological loss of the will to act. It shows how medical language can distinguish between character and condition.
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