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Involuntariness

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in·vol·un·tar·y  (n-vln-tr)
adj.
1. Acting or done without or against one's will: an involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument.
2. Not subject to control of the volition: gave an involuntary start. See Synonyms at spontaneous.
in·volun·tari·ly (-târ-l) adv.
in·volun·tari·ness n.
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Noun1.Involuntarinessinvoluntariness - the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
unwillingness
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
resistance - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
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The involuntariness of the figures and similes is the most remarkable thing; one loses all perception of what constitutes the figure and what constitutes the simile; everything seems to present itself as the readiest, the correctest and the simplest means of expression.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
In these words the Socratic doctrine of the involuntariness of evil is clearly intended to be conveyed.
Apology by Plato View in context
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