volition

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A conscious choice or decision.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

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/vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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)).

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