Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonvolitional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-vo-li-tion-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not volitional; not a matter of free choice.

Example Sentences

"The preference among an earlier generation of fat activists […] had been to regard fat as nonvolitional and to demand the majority's understanding, as opposed to an in-your-face defiance of social bodily controls."

Etymology

From non- + volitional.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nonvolitional mean?: Not volitional; not a matter of free choice.
Where does nonvolitional come from?: From non- + volitional.

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