disinclination
[dis-in-kluh-ney-shuh n, dis-in-]
noun
the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
Origin of disinclination
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Related Words for disinclination
opposition, distaste, displeasure, repugnance, objection, aversion, reluctance, resistance, indisposition, demur, alienation, antipathy, disfavor, dislike, dissatisfaction, hatred, hesitance, disrelishExamples from the Web for disinclination
Contemporary Examples of disinclination
So, however, does a disinclination to live at the margins, on the edge, with the unexpected.
Too many in the opinion world have a disinclination to call out their own side.
Historical Examples of disinclination
And the reason of his disinclination was that he scarcely desired to encounter Geraldine.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
My disinclination for it before was affected, but now it is real.
Jane Austen, Her Life and LettersWilliam Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
I had never been in a plane in my life, and this for no other reason than disinclination.
Greener Than You ThinkWard Moore
He started to walk home, but still felt that disinclination to face the colonel.
Jack O' JudgmentEdgar Wallace
Why this weariness, this disinclination to speak, unless it be shouting or raving?
Virgin SoilIvan S. Turgenev
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper