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Word: Aboulomania

Aboulomania [Noun]

Sentence: However, the all-pervasive indecision that you describe your husband struggling with is recognised as a potentially disabling anxiety condition. It has even been given its own name – ‘aboulomania‘ – and is characterised by obsessional procrastination. (Source: www.nzherald.co.nz)

Meaning: Mental disorder because of which the patient suffers from pathological indecisiveness

How To Remember?

Someone suffering from abou-lomania is about to do something but then again decides against it. He/ she is just abou-t there but never quite there because of his/her indecisiveness.

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