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Involuntariness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Involuntariness has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the trait of being unwilling

"his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"

"in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"

2

The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

Related Terms
Antonyms
willingness
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
disposition
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
reluctance resistance
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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