Synonyms for volitional
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : voh-lish-uhn, vuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : voʊˈlɪʃ ən, və- |
Définition of volitional
Origin :- 1610s, from French volition (16c.), from Medieval Latin volitionem (nominative volitio) "will, volition," from Latin stem (as in volo "I wish") of velle "to wish," from PIE *wel-/*wol- "be pleasing" (see will (v.)).
- adj willing
- Some of our acts were reflex, some were chiefly instinctive, and some were volitional.
- Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
- But there are, of course, also the two ways of volitional vision.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- They do the things in which they have a volitional interest.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
- The study of volitional traits and of temperament is still in its infancy.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- A tentative scale for measurement of the volitional pattern.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- Many muscular movements are spontaneous, but not volitional.
- Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
- The volitional character of such an act is therefore manifest.
- Extract from : « Parallel Paths » by Thomas William Rolleston
- The religious process is at once rational, emotional, and volitional.
- Extract from : « Theism » by Robert Flint
- They are a sign not so much of motor hyperactivity as of volitional inactivity.
- Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne
- As a single example of volitional activity, let us take the attention.
- Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne
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