diswant

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verb

To not want; to reject.

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Meanings

verbdiswant (third-person singular simple present diswants, present participle diswanting, simple past and past participle diswanted)

present singular third person diswants · participle present diswanting · participle past diswanted · past diswanted

  1. nonstandardrareTo not want; to reject.
noundiswant (uncountable)
  1. nonstandardrareuncountableThe condition of not wanting something.
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    1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, https://books.google.com/books?id=7KYIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22his+diswant%22&dq=%22his+diswant%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiirtzlg9jiAhUSMH0KHSMjAFsQ6AEIKjAA The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]

Origin

From dis- + want.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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