The adjective indolent , which comes from the Latin word indŏlens , has three meanings according to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ). The term can refer to someone who does not experience pain, is usually unmoved, or is lazy .
For example: “The young man, indolent, carried on as if nothing had happened” , “Society cannot remain indolent when every day thousands of people are expelled from the system and end up on the margins” , “He is an indolent boy, he prefers to be lying in bed before working or studying.”
In general, someone who does not react or remains impassive in the face of something that should worry, worry or impress him is described as indolent. Indolence, in this framework, is usually linked to insensitivity .
Suppose that the president of a country announces a massive increase in taxes and public services and, simultaneously, cuts social aid and minimizes the benefits provided by the State. This decision causes a drastic increase in poverty in a few months and more and more people have serious problems meeting their basic needs. That is why complaints are beginning to occur and from various sectors the president is asked to modify his policies. The president, despite everything, decides to move forward with his plan without changes or concessions. Faced with this reality, many analysts and journalists regret that the president remains indolent , without listening to the population.
The owner of a company , for his part, refuses to give a salary advance or days off to a worker whose son suddenly becomes seriously ill. The employer barely complies with what the legislation requires, but he does not have any gesture of good will: he is indifferent to the suffering of his employee .
Given that we are dealing with a term that is not used very frequently in everyday speech, but is reserved for journalistic articles and literature, it is very helpful to take a look at its most common synonyms to understand its meaning more precisely. and its various nuances. Among the most frequent are the following: lazy, lazy , lazy, abandoned, abandoned, lazy, careless, negligent, indifferent, lazy, apathetic, lazy and lazy .
As we can notice in the list of synonyms, we have subgroups that serve to replace the word indolent especially in the following two meanings: "that is not moved or is affected by the events that surround it"; "lazy, lazy." With respect to what defines it as "insensitive, incapable of feeling pain ," perhaps the relationship with these synonyms is more subtle.
Something that is undeniable after observing its definition and the related words is that an individual described as indolent is not well regarded, he does not have an exemplary attitude desired by his environment. Who would want to be labeled as lazy or negligent? A person who does not have a natural tendency to action , who prefers to stay on one side of life or who does not commit to others when they need it most represents a truly regrettable picture.
Laziness is usually interpreted as a lack of will at a given moment, but it is something much more serious: it is a way of living or, rather, of not living. The lazy individual brings together several of the worst personality characteristics, such as negligence, carelessness, and lack of punctuality. The world is built thanks to effort and commitment, and it produces results that we all take advantage of: from cinema to medicine, including entertainment technology, none of this would exist if indolence reigned.