Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prewillingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prewil-l-ing-ness
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state before one is willing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the second extract, the teacher formulated Anna's resistance as reported by Tonie as a prewillingness rather than unwillingness. She constructed Anna's prewillingness as founded in her precompetence, rather than incompetence."

Etymology

From pre- + willingness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prewillingnesses (plural)

Questions

What does prewillingness mean?: The state before one is willing.
Where does prewillingness come from?: From pre- + willingness.

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