ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nonvolitional

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Nonvolitional is an adjective meaning Not volitional; not a matter of free choice.

Meaning

Not volitional; not a matter of free choice.

Example Sentences

The preference among an earlier generation of fat activists […] had been to regard fat as nonvolitional and to demand the majority's understanding, as opposed to an in-your-face defiance of social bodily controls.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unvolitional, nonvoluntary, unwilled, uncompelled, unvolunteered, involuntary.

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