antivolition

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ volition

Noun[edit]

antivolition (uncountable)

  1. The desire not to do something.
    • 1801, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life: In Four Volumes, page 233:
      Here the irritation first produces a volition to wink, which by habit becomes stronger than the antivolition not to wink.
    • 2013, Jordi Punti, Lost Luggage, page 353:
      Even the one firm wish of his life—staying on in the boarding house—could be seen as antivolition, another passive move.
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