indecision

See also: indécision and indecisión

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French indécision.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən
• IPA^(key): /ɪndɪˈsɪʒ(ə)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.

   • 2016,

     Billy Toad has shown extreme "Indecision" in all aspects when it comes to his jeep. Whether it's how to modify it, or if he will sell it.

Synonyms

• (inability to decide): indecisiveness

Translations

inability to decide on a course of action

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

  Mandarin: 優柔寡斷／优柔寡断 (zh) (yōuróuguǎduàn), 优柔寡断 (zh) (yōuróuguǎduàn)

• Czech: nerozhodnost f
• Dutch: besluiteloosheid (nl)
• Finnish: epäröinti (fi), päättämättömyys (fi)
• French: indécision (fr) f, irrésolution (fr) f
• German: Unentschlossenheit (de) f, Unschlüssigkeit f
• Greek: αναποφασιστικότητα (el) f (anapofasistikótita), δισταγμός (el) m (distagmós)
• Ido: nedecideso (io), nedecidemeso (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: indecisione (it) f, tiremmolla m, inconcludenza (it) f
• Japanese: 優柔不断 (ゆうじゅうふだん, yūjūfudan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ubesluttsomhet (no) m or f

• Polish: niezdecydowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: indecisão (pt) f
• Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f (nerešítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: indecisión f, irresolución f
• Swedish: obeslutsamhet (sv) c, vankelmod (sv) n, velighet (sv) c