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- Dictionarydisinclination/ˌdɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a reluctance or lack of enthusiasm: "Lucy felt a strong disinclination to talk about her engagement"
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a feeling of not wanting to do something: [ + to infinitive ] I have a strong disinclination to do any work. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unwilling and reluctant. arsed. balk. baulk. be blowed if... idiom. be in no mood for something/to do something idiom. begrudge. deign. disinclined. disobliging. drag your heels/feet idiom. grudge
: a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion. Synonyms. hesitance. hesitancy. reluctance. reticence. unwillingness. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disinclination in a Sentence.
a feeling of not wanting to do something: [ + to infinitive ] I have a strong disinclination to do any work. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unwilling and reluctant. arsed. balk. baulk. be blowed if... idiom. be in no mood for something/to do something idiom. begrudge. deign. disinclined. disobliging. drag your heels/feet idiom. grudge
Disinclination definition: the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.. See examples of DISINCLINATION used in a sentence.
a lack of desire to do something; a lack of enthusiasm for something. There was a general disinclination to return to the office after lunch. Want to learn more?
A disinclination to do something is a feeling that you do not want to do it. [formal] They are showing a marked disinclination to pursue these opportunities. Synonyms: reluctance, aversion, unwillingness, opposition More Synonyms of disinclination. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
If anyone has ever told you to do something you didn’t want to do, you’ve felt a disinclination, a doubt about participating. Having a disinclination means you’re just not into it, so you hesitate.
1. An attitude or feeling of aversion: dislike, disrelish, distaste, mislike. 2. The state of not being disposed or inclined: averseness, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
A complete guide to the word "DISINCLINATION": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
OED's earliest evidence for disinclination is from 1695, in the writing of Jeremy Collier, anti-theatrical polemicist and bishop of the nonjuring Church of England. disinclination is formed within English, by derivation.
