nonvoluntary
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a word derived from
voluntary.
voluntaryadjectivedone, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice.
Example Sentences
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Traffic stops represent the most common nonvoluntary interaction between citizens and police officers in the U.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
But since that is highly unlikely, Miss Manners urges that "tolerance and kindness should be summoned, at least to those who are nonvoluntary participants in the relationship, the legal wife and all the children."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Interest and Nonvoluntary Attention.—In nonvoluntary attention the environment largely determines what we shall attend to.
From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert
Making Different Kinds of Attention Reënforce Each Other.—A very close relationship and interdependence exists between nonvoluntary and voluntary attention.
From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert
Outline—Chapter XI Attention the mother of learning.—Gregory quoted.—The fact of attention in the Army.—What attention is.—Illustrations.—Attention and interest.—The three types of attention: Involuntary, nonvoluntary, voluntary.—How to secure attention.—Interest the great key to attention.
From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.