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voluntariness

voluntariness

1 7.5
Doing something by free choice without being forced
  • noun
  • /ˌvɑːlənˈtɛrɪnəs/
translation icon : voluntariedad
  • She appreciated the voluntariness of choosing her own career path instead of being pressured by her family.
  • voluntariness judgments
  • voluntariness and guilt
  • voluntariness index

Examples

  • The problem, however, is that judgments of voluntariness may be influenced by the camera perspective.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The case-by-case voluntariness approach is just one such mechanism.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Participants were told they could discuss whatever they thought would help them decide the voluntariness question.

    Academic text (2002)

  • And in case after case, no voluntariness issue is raised, primarily because none exists.

    Academic text (2001)

  • In each case, it is the voluntariness of the undertaking that generates the responsibility, not any given association.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Higher values on this index correspond to judgments of greater voluntariness.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Finally, the Court maintained that a voluntariness test is more difficult than Miranda for law enforcement officers to conform to.

    Academic text (2001)

  • O'Hare argued that "most treatment models in social work assume a reasonable degree of voluntariness by the client" (p. 2).

    Academic text (2007)

  • In addition, UTAUT includes four variables that moderate the degree of technology acceptance and behavior: previous technology experience, voluntariness, gender, and age.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Nevertheless, for successive generation landowners, the sense of voluntariness or conservation-related intentions driving the original transaction may diminish significantly over time (Cheever 1996).

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

free will
vsvoluntariness
93 5.8

Ability to choose what you do without being controlled by outside forces

is the quality of actions done from that inner choice rather than the capacity
freeness
vsvoluntariness
6.7

Not having limits or rules

is absence of pressure when something is done not broad absence of limits

Antonyms

coercion
  • Offensive
56 6.9

The act of making someone do something by using threats or violence

compulsion
14 6.5

Someone forces you to do something

How Voluntary

eagerness
23 2.5
willingness
194 2.8
voluntariness
1 7.5
reluctance
68 3.6
acquiescence
11 8.5
coercion
  • Offensive
56 6.9

Surface Forms

voluntariness singular
voluntarinesses plural

Morphology

voluntariness = voluntary (transparent) = voluntary + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'voluntary' indicating the quality or state of being voluntary.

Etymology

Voluntariness comes from the old Latin word voluntas, which means 'will' or 'wish', and you can see the same root in voluntary and volunteer. So voluntariness means doing something by your own 'will' or choice, not because you are forced.