Meaning of DISINCLINATION
| Pronunciation: | | dis`inklu'neyshun
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- [n] a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
- [n] that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known"
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| | Synonyms: | | hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance |
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| | Antonyms: | | inclination | | |
| | See Also: | | dislike, sloth, slothfulness, unwillingness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*in`cli*na"tion\, n.
The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire,
or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.
Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair
sex. --Arbuthnot.
Having a disinclination to books or business.
--Guardian.
Syn: Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike;
indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.
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| | Related Terms: | | antipathy, averseness, aversion, backwardness, bad books, cursoriness, disaffection, disaffinity, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, dislike, disliking, disobedience, displeasure, disrelish, dissatisfaction, dissent, distaste, foot-dragging, fractiousness, grudging consent, grudgingness, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, intractableness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of zeal, mutinousness, nolition, obstinacy, opposition, perfunctoriness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, refusal, reluctance, renitence, renitency, repugnance, resistance, slowness, stubbornness, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, unenthusiasm, unwillingness |
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