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prewillingness

prewillingness noun: the state before one is willing.

Noun

prewillingness (countable and uncountable, plural prewillingnesses)

  1. The state before one is willing.
    • In the second extract, the teacher formulated Anna's resistance as reported by Tonie as a prewillingness rather than unwillingness. She constructed Anna's prewillingness as founded in her precompetence, rather than incompetence.2005, Helena Austin, Bronwyn Dwyer, Peter Freebody, Schooling the Child: The Making of Students in Classrooms

Forms of prewillingness

pluralprewillingnesses

Origin of prewillingness

From pre- + willingness.

Questions about prewillingness

What does prewillingness mean?
Prewillingness means the state before one is willing.
What part of speech is prewillingness?
Prewillingness is a noun.
What is the plural of prewillingness?
The plural of prewillingness is prewillingnesses.

Words near prewillingness in the dictionary

  1. prewhips
  2. prewhiten
  3. prewhitened
  4. prewhitening
  5. prewhitens
  6. prewillingness
  7. prewind
  8. prewinding
  9. prewinds
  10. prewinter
  11. prewire

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