Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disinclination"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disinclination \Dis*in`cli*na"tion\, n.
The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire,
or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair
sex. --Arbuthnot.

Having a disinclination to books or business.
--Guardian.

Syn: Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike;
indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disinclination
n 1: that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his
disinclination for modesty is well known" [ant: {inclination}]
2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: {reluctance},
{hesitancy}, {hesitation}, {indisposition}]


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