INDOLENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Synonyms:

indolence; laziness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("indolence" is a kind of...):

inactiveness; inactivity; inertia (a disposition to remain inactive or inert)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indolence"):

faineance; idleness (the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work)

shiftlessness (a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition)

Derivation:

indolent (disinclined to work or exertion)