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He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.
Kenneth Baker

Meaning of "vacillation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VACILLATION

vacillation  [ˌvæsɪˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VACILLATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Vacillation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VACILLATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vacillation in the English dictionary

The definition of vacillation in the dictionary is the act or an instance of vacillating.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VACILLATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VACILLATION

vaccine
vaccinee
vaccinia
vaccinial
vaccinium
Vacherin
vacillant
vacillate
vacillating
vacillatingly
vacillator
vacillatory
vacua
vacuate
vacuation
vacuist
vacuities
vacuity
vacuolar
vacuolate

WORDS THAT END LIKE VACILLATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of vacillation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «VACILLATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vacillation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vacillation

Translation of «vacillation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VACILLATION

Find out the translation of vacillation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vacillation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vacillation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

动摇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vacilación
570 millions of speakers

English

vacillation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चंचलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تذبذب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колебания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vacilação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধারণার অনিশ্চয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hésitation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekosongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwanken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動揺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동요
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vacillation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lung lay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊசலாட்டமும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षीणता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kararsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vacillamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wahanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коливання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ezitare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταλάντευση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weifeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vacillation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vakling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vacillation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VACILLATION»

The term «vacillation» is regularly used and occupies the 74.974 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VACILLATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vacillation

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QUOTES WITH «VACILLATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vacillation.
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Kenneth Baker
He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VACILLATION»

Discover the use of vacillation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vacillation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Organization of the Pyramid Texts: Typology and Disposition
... 539 PT 551 1st through: §1074d (P) vacillation: §1076 (P) recarved: §1079a (P ) vacillation: §1079b (P) vacillation: §1080a (N) recarved: §1083a (P) vacillation: §1086a (P) residue: §1087a (MN) advanced: §1087a (N) recarved: §1090e (P) ...
Harold M. Hays, 2012
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A treatise on the diseases of the eye and its appendages
SECTION I. — VACILLATION OF THE IRIS. By vacillation of the iris is meant a peculiar tremulous quivering and wavering motion of that membrane during the movements of the eye, or of the body.* It occurs sometimes after the operation for  ...
Richard Middlemore, 1835
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Biblical Echo and Allusion in the Poetry of W.B. Yeats: ...
Although "Blood and the Moon" slouches toward nihilism,25 it depends too much on its anti-self to arrive there. "Vacillation" At the close of "Vacillation," Yeats puts his readers in the position of the guests at Samson's wedding: And he said unto ...
Dwight Hilliard Purdy, 1994
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ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
vacillation, the period of which is 67to. At 610 =0.25 and Ic=0.15, the single asymmetric vacillation has reappeared (not shown in Fig. 24). In the course of this investigation, keeping the thermal forcing constant 61, 0 = 0.25, the amplitude of the ...
Helmut Erich Landsberg, Jacques van Mieghem, 1975
5
Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature, ...
But take a look at Mr. Kexing's statements: Consider his [i.e., my] Vacillation. In his own words he says that "what is depicted in Vacillation is precisely vacillation, the vacillation of those engaged in revolutionary work who vacillated when the ...
Kirk A. Denton, 1996
6
Emotions in the Field: The Psychology and Anthropology of ...
It is this ethnography-specific negotiation, which, as I have argued, is infused with its own specific emotions, that I want to call ethnographic vacillation, borrowing from Spinoza's notion of a “vacillating conatus.” Vacillation for Spinoza is the ...
James Davies, Dimitrina Spencer, 2010
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Critical Companion to William Butler Yeats: A Literary ...
This double movement or “vacillation” between the poles of experience—primary and antithetical, objective and subjective, solar and lunar, self and soul—is among Yeats's fundamental intellectual instincts and seems almost inseparable from ...
David A. Ross, 2009
8
Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness: Competing with Constraints
The current research aims to elaborate how corporate entrepreneurs can become more resourceful by using a vacillation approach to resource acquisition and utilization. By vacillation, we mean an alternation between modes for acquiring ...
Andrew C. Corbett, Jerome A. Katz, 2013
9
Feminist Destinations and Further Essays on Virginia Woolf
Orlando's. Vacillation. Orlando's change of sex can be read in many different ways. Orlando starts off as the male heir to a grand country house from which forty counties can be surveyed; by the end, the country house is open to the public, and ...
Rachel Bowlby, 1996
10
The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo
39 William Butler Yeats (1994) 'Vacillation', Yeats's Poems, ed. A. Norman Jeffares, Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, Stanza II, p. 365. 40 Burning Green Tree, Vol. I, Until 'the Saviour' Is Beaten Up, p. 238. - 41 O e, Until 'the Saviour' Is Beaten Up, p.
Yasuko Claremont, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VACILLATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vacillation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vaccination Vacillation Shows Governor Jerry Brown's Pragmatism
“A foolish consistency,” the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted, “is the hobgoblin of little minds,” and no one has ever accused Gov. Jerry Brown of ... «Santa Monica Mirror, Jul 15»
2
Thomas Elias: Vaccination vacillation shows Brown's pragmatism
“A foolish consistency,” the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted, “is the hobgoblin of little minds,” and no one has ever accused Gov. Jerry Brown of ... «The Union of Grass Valley, Jul 15»
3
Fine words and missed opportunities: political vacillation stymies …
It is possible, of course, that the Greek crisis will once again derail their plans. But as things stand, one subject under discussion at a Brussels summit of ... «FT.com, Jun 15»
4
Barack Obama and surveillance reform: a story of vacillation, caution …
The Snowden revelations began a process of classic Obama vacillation, bringing him from public defender of domestic mass surveillance to its reluctant and ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Cooperation best route for Beijing and Delhi over maritime objectives
Ever since the "One Belt and One Road" initiative was mapped out by Chinese President Xi Jinping, India has been showing vacillation and hesitations over ... «Global Times, Mar 15»
6
Chris Christie's vaccination vacillation: latest in a series of health …
Chris Christie's vaccination vacillation: latest in a series of health-related waffles. Call for 'balance' between public health concerns and parental discretion ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
7
Cavs Energy: Why Does It Vacillate?
So what leads to this vacillation of energy? Are there factors within the team's control? Are there things that are external that nothing can be done about? «King James Gospel, Nov 14»
8
Obama's America vacillates on ISIS Jihad
Even domestic American opinion is hardening against the Obama administration about its vacillation on this critical threat to world peace. Raisina Hill must now ... «Niticentral, Oct 14»
9
From the Islamic State Group to Ebola, Obama's Foreign Policy …
Panetta describes a decision-making process marked by vacillation and a reticence to engage with pressing problems. But while attention has mostly focused ... «U.S. News & World Report, Oct 14»
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If only George W. Bush had 'vacillated' on Iraq
To the editor: I ask Goldberg in his critique of Obama to consider this (to borrow from Barry Goldwater): Vacillation in the name of trying not to kill people is no ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»

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