volition

== English == === Etymology === From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ (General American) IPA(key): /voʊˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən Hyphenation: vo‧li‧tion === Noun === volition (countable and uncountable, plural volitions) A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.] The mental power or ability of choosing; the will. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something. ==== Derived terms ==== volitional volitionally ==== Related terms ==== voluntarism voluntarist volunteer ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === volition (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia volition (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia volition (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “volition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “volition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin volitiōnem (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish, to will”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === volition f (plural volitions) (philosophy, psychology) volition ==== See also ==== volonté === Further reading === “volition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012