nolontà

Italian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin nōluntātem (“unwillingness”), derived from nōlō (“to be unwilling, to not want”) on the example of vōluntās (“will; desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.lonˈta/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: no‧lon‧tà

Noun

nolontà f (invariable) (philosophy)

1. aversion to evil
2. resistance against an impulse
3. suppression of desire

Related terms

• nolente
• volontà

 

Further reading

• nolontà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lontano