involuntariness

Definitions of involuntariness
  1. noun
    the trait of being unwilling
    “in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton”
    synonyms: unwillingness
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    types:
    disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance
    a certain degree of unwillingness
    resistance
    (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
    sloth, slothfulness
    a disinclination to work or exert yourself
    type of:
    disposition, temperament
    your usual mood
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