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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the trait of being unwilling;
- Example: "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"
- Example: "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
[syn: unwillingness, involuntariness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Involuntariness \In*vol"un*ta*ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

involuntariness n 1: the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton" [syn: unwillingness, involuntariness] [ant: willingness]