unchoice
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unchoice (comparative more unchoice, superlative most unchoice)
- not choice; less than desired; undesirable
- 2014, Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, The Colonial Journals:
- He indulges in conversations in loud tones and unchoice terms.
Etymology 2
[edit]From un- (“lack or absence of”) + choice.
Noun
[edit]unchoice (usually uncountable, plural unchoices)
- the lack or absence of choice
- 2002, Keith McMahon, The Fall of the God of Money:
- He only describes men who voluntarily, even euphorically, deliver themselves into the state of unchoice that opium gives them.
- 2015, Charles C. Camosy, Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation:
- This difficult situation has led some in the “pro-life” movement to call abortion the “unchoice.”
- the act or process of unchoosing; that which is unchosen or rejected; rejection
- 2014, John E. Joseph, Talbot J. Taylor, Ideologies of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics):
- If Goody is correct then the traditional local religions would seem to be incompatible with a literate society, and the introduction of literacy thus necessitates the unchoice of such religions.