indecision

English

Etymology

From French indécision.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən
• IPA: /ɪndɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n/ X-SAMPA: /IndI"siZ(@)n/

Noun

indecision (usually uncountable; plural indecisions)

1. The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.
   • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, chapter 21:

     There was no indecision or delay in the establishment of their relations; Rebecca's heart flew like an arrow to its mark, and her mind, meeting its superior, settled at once into an abiding attitude of respectful homage.

Synonyms

• (inability to decide): indecisiveness

Translations

inability to decide on a course of action

• Bulgarian: нерешителност (bg) (nerešitelnost) f, колебливост (bg) (koleblivost) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優柔寡斷 (cmn), 优柔寡断 (cmn) (yōuróuguǎduàn)

• Czech: nerozhodnost (cs) f
• Dutch: besluiteloosheid (nl)
• Finnish: epäröinti (fi), päättämättömyys (fi)
• French: indécision (fr) f, irrésolution (fr) f
• German: Unentschlossenheit (de) f, Unschlüssigkeit (de) f

• Greek: αναποφασιστικότητα (el) (anapofasistikótita) f
• Japanese: 優柔不断 (ja) (ゆうじゅうふだん, yūjūfudan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ubesluttsomhet (nb) m and f

• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: indecisão (pt) f
• Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) (nerešítelʹnostʹ) f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can