обло́мовщина

rare #43069

nounfeminineinanimateuncountable

1.
(rare) Oblomovism, apathy, sluggishness, inertia
Его́ обло́мовщина меша́ет ему́ найти́ рабо́ту.
His Oblomovism keeps him from finding a job.
Named after Oblomov, the idle hero of Goncharov's novel; used of habitual indolence and inability to act, often with daydreaming.

Examples

Обломовщина мешает людям добиваться успеха в жизни.
Oblomovism prevents people from achieving success in life.
Критики видели в герое романа символ обломовщины.
Critics saw the novel’s protagonist as a symbol of Oblomovism.
Его лень называли настоящей обломовщиной.
They called his laziness a true case of Oblomovism.

This noun exists in singular form only.