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antivolition

antivolition noun: the desire not to do something.

Noun

antivolition (uncountable)

  1. The desire not to do something.
    • Here the irritation first produces a volition to wink, which by habit becomes stronger than the antivolition not to wink.1801, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life: In Four Volumes, page 233
    • Even the one firm wish of his life—staying on in the boarding house—could be seen as antivolition, another passive move.2013, Jordi Punti, Lost Luggage, page 353

Origin of antivolition

From anti- + volition.

Questions about antivolition

What does antivolition mean?
Antivolition means the desire not to do something.
What part of speech is antivolition?
Antivolition is a noun.

Words near antivolition in the dictionary

  1. antivitamins
  2. antivivisection
  3. antivivisectionism
  4. antivivisectionist
  5. antivivisectionists
  6. antivolition
  7. antivolitional
  8. antivortex
  9. antivortices
  10. antivoucher
  11. antiwar

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