prewillingness

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noun

The state before one is willing.

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Meanings

nounprewillingness (countable and uncountable, plural prewillingnesses)

plural prewillingnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe 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

Origin

From pre- + willingness.

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APA

prewillingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewillingness

MLA

“prewillingness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewillingness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prewillingness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewillingness.

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