indolence
pronunciation
How to pronounce indolence in British English:
UK ['ɪndələns]
How to pronounce indolence in American English:
US [ˈɪndələns]
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- Noun:
- inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
Word Origin
- indolence (n.)
- c. 1600, "insensitivity to pain," from French indolence (16c.), from Latin indolentia "freedom from pain, insensibility," noun of action from indolentem (nominative indolens) "insensitive to pain," used by Jerome to render Greek apelgekos in Ephesians; from Latin in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + dolentem (nominative dolens) "grieving," present participle of dolere "suffer pain, grieve." Sense of "laziness" (1710) is from notion of "avoiding trouble" (compare taking pains).
Example
- 1. Among african medics a stigma attaches to morphine , which is considered addictive and likely to lead to indolence .
- 2. Indolence and inertia is a problem only with the officials administering the payments , not the workers receiving them .
- 3. Therefore her life of one enthusiasm after the other during which she exuded life-giving self-confidence was marked by longer periods of indolence and disillusionment .
- 4. Wealth and poverty ; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence , and the other of meanness and viciousness , and both of discontent .
- 5. While regulators may be at fault in not having acted sufficiently vigorously , the claim that they caused the crisis is as ludicrous as the claim that crime is caused by the indolence of the police .