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reluctancy

reluctancy noun: resistance, opposition.

Noun

reluctancy (usually uncountable, plural reluctancies)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Resistance, opposition.
  2. (archaic, usually) Reluctance, disinclination.

Forms of reluctancy

pluralreluctancies

Origin of reluctancy

From reluct(ant) + -ancy, from Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + lū̆ctor (“to struggle”). Doublet of reluctance.

Questions about reluctancy

What does reluctancy mean?
Reluctancy means resistance, opposition.
What part of speech is reluctancy?
Reluctancy is a noun.
What is the plural of reluctancy?
The plural of reluctancy is reluctancies.

Words near reluctancy in the dictionary

  1. reluctance
  2. reluctance motor
  3. reluctance motors
  4. reluctances
  5. reluctancies
  6. reluctancy
  7. reluctant
  8. reluctant dragon
  9. reluctant dragons
  10. reluctantly
  11. reluctate

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