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单词 undecision
释义

undecisionn.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and decision n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix1, decision n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + decision n., originally after French indécision indecision n. Compare indecision n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undeˈcision.
(un- prefix1 6.)
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]
yea-and-nayc1384
vacillationc1400
titteringa1413
stackeringc1440
wondingc1440
fluctuationc1450
waver1519
mammering1532
uncertainty1548
wavering1548
to and fro1553
suspense1560
staggering1565
suspension1568
mammery1578
demur1581
branle1591
dilly-dally1592
hesitance1601
irresolution1601
uncertainness1601
undecision1611
waveringness1614
hesitancy1617
unsettledness1619
hesitation1622
unresolvednessa1626
doubleness of minda1628
wavinga1628
swagging1636
poise1637
mambling1640
stickagea1647
vacillancy1668
whifflinga1677
hovering1679
unresolve1679
irresoluteness1686
shilly-shally1755
indecisiona1763
undecisiveness1779
indecisiveness1793
oscillation1798
flexility1815
shilly-shallying1842
swaying1850
Hamletism1852
teeter1855
havering1866
off and on1875
dilly-dallying1879
double-mindedness1881
hesitatingness1890
dither1958
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Indecision, an vndecision; a doubtfull, vndetermined, or vncleered state of things.
1795 A. Hughes Jemima I. 56 This state of torturing undecision shall terminate.
1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 13 I mislike undecision as much as ere a man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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