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irresponsibility|ɪrɪspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity.]
1. The quality or fact of being irresponsible.
1818in Todd. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. xx, A remarkable irresponsibility of character. 1856Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. iii. 96 It is dangerous to admit the plea of irresponsibility for those who labour under..Moral Insanity. 1884Bryce in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 720 Irresponsibility breeds, and must always breed, laziness and selfishness.
2. Incapability of responding physically. rare.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 482 While ordinary purgatives are incapable of exciting evacuations from the torpitude and irresponsibility of the palsied parts, they are sufficient to occasion inflammation. |