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disinclination|dɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃən|
[f.dis- 9 + inclination.]
Want of inclination or liking (usually implying an inclination towards the opposite); slight dislike or aversion; indisposition, unwillingness.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iii. (1843) 75/1 [He] spent his time abroad..where he improved his disinclination to the church. 1697Jer. Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1709) 164 This Humour, unless prevented, will slide into Indifferency and Disinclination. 1749Fielding Tom Jones vi. v, So strong a disinclination as I have at present to this person. 1767Babler No. 67 ¶ 6 An absolute disinclination for their company. 1788Priestley Lect. Hist. lx. (R.) The same taste for expensive living will naturally spread to the lower ranks..and produce a general disinclination to matrimony. 1813J. C. Hobhouse Jour. Albania 1122 A disinclination from having recourse to unjust extremities. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, First Visit Wks. (Bohn) II. 7 He had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls. |