volitional
/vəˈlɪʃənəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental.
adj
Expressing intention, hortation, supposition, or inclusive invitation.
noun
The volitional grammatical mood.
Example Sentences
- "Little by little the whole subject population of the world was fitted with the instruments of volitional control. The government was now practically omnipotent."
- "Stern and Karl Bühler noticed independently that a child’s first “No” has a volitional meaning and that the significance as a simple denial of fact appears several months afterwards."
- "A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery."
- "“Loving on” someone—whether he likes it or not—posits love as a volitional activity, an act not of passion but of will."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-influ. Proto-Italic *welō Latin volō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin volitiōbor. French volitionder. English volition English -al English volitional From volition + -al.