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Involuntariness

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Noun

1. involuntariness, unwillingness

the trait of being unwilling

Example Sentences:
'his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made'
'in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Involuntariness

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adjective
1. 
carried out without one's conscious wishes; not voluntary; unintentional
2. physiology
(esp of a movement or muscle) performed or acting without conscious control

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Involuntariness

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adjective
not voluntary
; specif.,
a. 
not done of one's own free will; not done by choice
b. 
unintentional; accidental
c. 
not consciously controlled; automatic
sneezing is involuntary

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Involuntariness

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adj.
1. Acting or done without or against one's will: an involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument.
2. Not subject to control of the volition: gave an involuntary start.

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