antivolition

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noun

The desire not to do something.

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Meanings

nounantivolition (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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
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    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

From anti- + volition.

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antivolition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antivolition

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“antivolition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antivolition. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antivolition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antivolition.

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