involuntariness
- noun
- /ˌɪnvəˈlɒntərɪnəs/
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involuntariedad
- This involuntariness requirement reflects the understanding, developed above, that prison gerrymanders alter a state of representational equality that existed before incarceration intervened.
- Amendment safeguards against involuntariness
Examples
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His involuntariness in making that decision was evident when he admitted he felt pressured to agree.
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While these questions create litigable issues under Miranda, they generally do not indicate the existence of coercion sufficient to establish involuntariness.
Academic text (2001) -
The involuntariness factor also addresses a persistent slippery slope concern that looms over prison gerrymandering claims: whether the same rule would apply to college students and military personnel and their families.
Academic text (2017) -
When it comes to Fourteenth Amendment safeguards against involuntariness, against being subjected to coercion that breaks the will, talk of "waiver" is inapt.
Academic text (2001) -
Both the EPA and its Science Advisory Board have explored the possibility of adjusting the ordinary numbers because of equitable factors, including the involuntariness and uncontrollability of the risk.
Academic text (2001) -
To make Miranda's procedures congruent and proportionate to the Fifth Amendment, the failure to follow the procedures in obtaining a confession will raise a presumption of involuntariness, a presumption that can be rebutted by appropriate evidence of voluntariness.
Academic text (2001) -
Due to the involuntariness of her actions during the accident, she was not held responsible for the damages.
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The study focused on the involuntariness of certain reflexes that occur without conscious control.
Antonyms
How Voluntary
Surface Forms
Morphology
involuntariness = involuntary (transparent) = in + voluntary + ness
This is a regular noun formation meaning the state or quality of being involuntary.
Etymology
Involuntariness breaks into in- meaning 'not' and voluntary, which comes from a root meaning 'will' or 'choice', the same idea you see in volunteer. So, involuntariness means 'not by will', that is, doing something without choice or control.