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Definition of Disinclination
1. Noun. That toward which you are inclined to feel dislike. "His disinclination for modesty is well known"
2. Noun. A certain degree of unwillingness. "After some hesitation he agreed"
Specialized synonyms: Sloth, Slothfulness
Generic synonyms: Involuntariness, Unwillingness
Derivative terms: Disincline, Hesitant, Hesitate, Hesitate, Indispose, Reluctant, Reluctant, Reluctant
Definition of Disinclination
1. n. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.
Definition of Disinclination
1. Noun. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disinclination
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disinclination
Literary usage of Disinclination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fetich in Theology: Or Doctrinalism Twin to Ritualism by John Miller (1922)
"THE SINNER'S HELPLESSNESS disinclination. IF holiness be a love for others and
a love for the principle of moral right, sinfulness, which is the opposite of ..."
2. The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States by Charles Colcock Jones (1842)
"A third disadvantage is our latent, and in many instances manifest disinclination
to the full disclosure of (he moral aud religious condition of the Negroes ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1862)
"... disinclination which the ary Reform in the preceding I country had manifested
year, was assumed by the Goto the subject of Parliament -vernment to be a ..."
4. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"disinclination. These terme not only differ in point of force, ... disinclination (Lat.
dû-, »nd is> dine) is an indisposition or dislike to the adoption of ..."
5. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"... effort and contrivance, than produced the instruments used by savages in war
and in the chase. And that there is a disinclination in human nature to ex- ..."
6. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"It is a stronger and more definable form of disinclination. ... disinclination (dis
and incline) is an indisposition or dislike to the adoption of an act, ..."
7. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Mysterious fire in Supreme Court clerk's room. — Letter of Commodore Perry.
— disinclination to antagonize Henry. — Temporary triumph of FOJ Smith. ..."
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