reluctance
1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
electrical phenomenon
2. a certain degree of unwillingness
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
• Syn:
hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
• Derivationally related forms:
indispose (for: indisposition), disincline (for: disinclination), hesitate (for: hesitation), hesitant (for: hesitancy), hesitate (for: hesitancy), reluctant
• Hypernyms:
unwillingness, involuntariness
• Hyponyms:
sloth, slothfulness
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