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nonchoice

nonchoice noun: an action or situation that is not a choice.

Noun

nonchoice (plural nonchoices)

  1. An action or situation that is not a choice.
    • The “choices” that children may seem to make when left alone with a roomful of toys can be realized as nonchoices in light of how much gender scripting they have, at remarkably early ages, already absorbed.2009, Elline Lipkin, Girls' Studies: Seal Studies, page 8
    • To make matters even more daunting, you're responsible not only for your choices, but also for your nonchoices. This is because every choice you make represents, at the same time, the death of hundreds of other possibilities.2012, John Sommers-Flanagan, Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice, page 129

Forms of nonchoice

pluralnonchoices
alternative formnon-choice

Origin of nonchoice

From non- + choice.

Questions about nonchoice

What does nonchoice mean?
Nonchoice means an action or situation that is not a choice.
What part of speech is nonchoice?
Nonchoice is a noun.
What is the plural of nonchoice?
The plural of nonchoice is nonchoices.

Words near nonchoice in the dictionary

  1. nonchlorinated
  2. nonchlorine
  3. nonchlorofluorocarbon
  4. nonchloroplast
  5. nonchocolate
  6. nonchoice
  7. nonchoices
  8. nonchokable
  9. nonchoked
  10. noncholera
  11. noncholeric

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