indolence

Indolence ( Latin indolentia "insensitivity to pain "; dolere "suffer", also: "pain") means painlessness, freedom from pain, but also indifference to pain in the physical as well as in the psychological sense.

Indolence is therefore the characteristic of patients not to feel or at least pay attention to the pain that is actually to be expected. Indolent patients hardly pay attention to the progress of an illness or injury and may only seek medical help at the last minute if they are intolerable.

In a figurative sense, one speaks of indolence when a person is exposed to a wide variety of negative influences (e.g. insults , insults , criticism , disregard from others) without reacting to them in the expected way (e.g. through Aggression , sadness , self-justification, shame , etc.), mostly in connection with pity or callousness.

Indolent is also used to characterize lymphomas ( indolent tumors ).