dispreference
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dis- + preference.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dispreference (countable and uncountable, plural dispreferences)
- (formal) The quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.
- Antonym: preference
- 2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness, page 31:
- As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]