Medical Definition of avolition
: a lack of interest or engagement in goal-directed behavior
Many people with schizophrenia experience avolition, or apathy, feeling drained of energy and of interest in normal goals and unable to start or follow through on a course of action. — Ronald J. Comer, Abnormal Psychology, 7th edition
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