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Laziness

Laziness (also known as indolence or sloth) is emotional disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include "couch potato" and "slacker". Related concepts include sloth, a Christian sin, abulia, a medical term for reduced motivation…

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related to Literary · 30
Laziness → American, Blood, David Bertelson, Good Country People, Huckleberry Finn, In, In Flannery O'Connor's Wise, Jason Compson, Jefferson, John Pendleton Kennedy, John Smith, Later, Map, Mark Twain, North Carolina, Notes, Percy's, Robert Penn Warren, Romanticism, State
related to Economics · 15
Laziness → Economists, Even, Every, For, Frédéric Bastiat, Hal Cranmer, Leisure, Ludwig, Mises, Not, Others, People, Puritans, The, To
related to Psychology · 15
Laziness → ADHD, An, Canada, Germany, In, John Eastwood, Konstanz, Studies, The, These, They, This, Thomas Goetz, University, York University
related to Religion · 9
Laziness → Catholic, In Buddhism, Jihad, Kausīdya, Nafs, One, Quran, The, The Arabic
related to External links · 5
Laziness → Huffington Post, Jachimowicz, Jon, Laziness Is More Complex, Than You Think

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work sloth motivation lack animals leisure spiritual cause also idleness time activity often seen lazy state may activities labor people

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depressioninstance ofa negative symptom of certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders0.80text
ADHDinstance ofa negative symptom of certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders0.80text
ASDinstance ofa negative symptom of certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders0.80text
sleep disordersinstance ofa negative symptom of certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders0.80text
substance use disordersinstance ofa negative symptom of certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders0.80text
schizophreniainstance ofa negative symptom of certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders0.80text
attention/focus failureinstance ofThis desensitization leads to dulling of the neural patterns and affects negatively the anterior insula of the brain responsible for risk perception.ADHD specialists say engagin…0.80text
perfectionisminstance ofThis desensitization leads to dulling of the neural patterns and affects negatively the anterior insula of the brain responsible for risk perception.ADHD specialists say engagin…0.80text
and pessimisminstance ofThis desensitization leads to dulling of the neural patterns and affects negatively the anterior insula of the brain responsible for risk perception.ADHD specialists say engagin…0.80text
laziness can be equally adaptive for making changeinstance ofconcur that aversive states0.80text
toxic if allowed to festerinstance ofconcur that aversive states0.80text
angerinstance ofwhich may result in mental health issues.It has also been shown that laziness can render one apathetic to reactant mental health issues0.80text

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