Definition of Nonvoluntary

1. Adjective. Not subject to the control of the will. "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"


Definition of Nonvoluntary

1. Adjective. Not voluntary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonvoluntary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonvoluntary

nonvocational
nonvoice
nonvoiced
nonvoid
nonvolant
nonvolatile
nonvolatile storage
nonvolatilisable
nonvolatilizable
nonvolcanic
nonvolcaniclastic
nonvolcanogenic
nonvolume
nonvolumetric
nonvoluntarily
nonvoluntary
nonvolunteering
nonvomiting
nonvortex
nonvortical
nonvotable
nonvote
nonvoter
nonvoters
nonvotes
nonvoting
nonvoyeuristic
nonvuggy
nonvulcanized
nonvulgar

Literary usage of Nonvoluntary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data From the 1995 by Joyce C. Abma, A. Chandra, W. Mosher, L. Peterson (1998)
"For those whose first intercourse occurred at age 15 or younger, that first intercourse was nonvoluntary for 16 percent compared with 7 percent or less for ..."

2. The Groundwork of Psychology by George Frederick Stout (1903)
"Nonvoluntary attention is either enforced or spontaneous. Voluntary attention is either explicitly or implicitly voluntary. Thus we have: — l FS Bradley in ..."

3. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"... success rates are not surprising in a nonvoluntary cessation program. Eakin, Severson, and Glasgow (19S9) reported an intervention with adolescent male ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Thus, nonvoluntary action may be properly Inferred by a jury if It Is proved that the workman was told by his superintendent not to mind, and that if any ..."

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