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The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.
Charles Sanders Peirce

Meaning of "volition" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VOLITION

From Medieval Latin volitiō, from Latin vol- as in volō I will, present stem of velle to wish.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLITION

volition  [vəˈlɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLITION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Volition 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 VOLITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of volition in the English dictionary

The first definition of volition in the dictionary is the act of exercising the will. Other definition of volition is the faculty or capability of conscious choice, decision, and intention; the will. Volition is also the resulting choice or resolution.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLITION


abolition
ˌæbəˈlɪʃən
coalition
ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃən
demolition
ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən
ebullition
ˌɛbəˈlɪʃən
emollition
ˌɪməˈlɪʃən
gentilitian
ˌdʒɛntɪˈlɪʃən
nolition
nəʊˈlɪʃən
Politian
pəʊˈlɪʃən
registration
ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
Salishan
ˈseɪlɪʃən
situation
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən
station
ˈsteɪʃən
submission
səbˈmɪʃən
tradition
trəˈdɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
transmission
trænzˈmɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLITION

volcanology
vole
volet
Volga
Volgograd
volitant
volitate
volitation
volitational
volitient
volitional
volitionally
volitionary
volitionless
volitive
volitorial
volk
Volkslied
Volksraad
volley

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLITION

accreditation
acquisition
addition
audition
competition
composition
condition
definition
disposition
edition
exhibition
expedition
in a position
in addition
in mint condition
limited edition
nutrition
opposition
position
recognition
transition

Synonyms and antonyms of volition in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VOLITION»

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

Translation of «volition» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLITION

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

Translator English - Chinese

意志
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

volición
570 millions of speakers

English

volition
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इच्छाशक्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بمحض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

volição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

volonté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendirian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Willenskraft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意欲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Volition
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னிச்சையாக செயலாற்றல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संकल्प
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irade
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

volontà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wola
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

воля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βούληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beweging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vilja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vilje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of volition

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLITION»

The term «volition» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.738 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLITION» OVER TIME

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

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9 QUOTES WITH «VOLITION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word volition.
1
Helena Blavatsky
We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling or emotion, will or volition, and thought or mind.
2
John Doolittle
The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.
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Minnie Driver
Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.
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Minnie Driver
What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.
5
Richard Greenberg
When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat.
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Eyvind Johnson
And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.
7
Yann Martel
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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Charles Sanders Peirce
The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.
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Xenophon
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLITION»

Discover the use of volition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to volition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Necessity, Volition, and Love
This collection of essays complements an earlier collection published by Cambridge, The Importance of What We Care About. Some of the essays develop lines of thought found in the earlier volume.
Harry G. Frankfurt, 1999
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Volition and personality: action versus state orientation
This is an impressive book, which presents a profoundly new approach to analyzing human behavior.
Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann, 1994
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Head and Heart: Affection, Cognition, Volition as Triune ...
Head and Heart proposes a theory of a triune consciousness formed by the heart and mind, composed of an equal partnership of reason, will, and affection.
Andrew Tallon, 1997
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Female Homosexuality: Choice Without Volition
Describing in detail her analytic treatment of eight female homosexuals with common symptoms of incomplete body image and unconscious denial of differences between the sexes, Siegel details the recurring treatment phases that typified their ...
Elaine V. Siegel, 2013
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Motivation, Intention, and Volition
In Honor of Professor Dr.Dr. h.c. Heinz Heinzhausen's 60th Birthday
Frank Halisch, Julius Kuhl, 2012
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Volition and Allied Causal Concepts
This is a work of ambitious scope, intent on finally resolving philosophical and logical issues that have always impeded progress in psychology.
Avi Sion, 2004
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Distributed Cognition and the Will: Individual Volition and ...
Philosophers and behavioral scientists discuss what, if anything, of the traditionalconcept of individual conscious will can survive recent scientific discoveries that humandecision-making is distributed across different brain processes and ...
Don Ross, 2007
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Experimental Slips and Human Error: Exploring the ...
Errors are extensively used to in vestigate perception, memory, and performance; some clinicians study errors like tea leaves for clues to unconscious motives; and this volume presents the work of researchers who, in an excess of perversity ...
Bernard J. Baars, 1992
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Disorders of Volition
Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, and psychiatrists examine the will and its pathologies from theoretical and empirical perspectives, offering a conceptual overview and discussing schizophrenia, depression, prefrontal lobe ...
Natalie Sebanz, Wolfgang Prinz, 2009
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Effects of Motivation, Volition, and Belief Change ...
Possible explanations for the findings are discussed in relation to the framework of this study constructed based on theoretical and empirical foundations.
Chanmin Kim, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term volition is used in the context of the following news items.
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Saints Row IV Re-Elected review: Volition's shark jumper proves just …
Deep SilverFrom gritty gang wars to an alien invasion -- Saints Row IV: Re-Elected brings Volition's bizarre but acclaimed sandbox action game to current ... «Financial Post, Jan 15»
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Deep Silver Volition Senior Producer reflects on 'Saints Row: Gat out …
20, and Deep Silver Volition couldn't be more excited to make its current-generation debut. Over on the PS Blog, Jim Boone, who is a senior producer on Gat out ... «Examiner.com, Jan 15»
3
Gat a load of this - Volition shows off 5 crazy minutes of Saints Row …
Volition's announcement of Saints Row IV standalone DLC instead of a brand new game was initially disappointing, and then overwhelmingly wonderful when it ... «PCGamesN, Sep 14»
4
Saints Row creative director Steve Jaros leaves Volition for Valve
Volition creative director Steve Jaros has announced he will leave the studio after ten years. Jaros wrote the first three Saints Row games and lead development ... «PC Gamer Magazine, Sep 14»
5
Saints Row 4 developer says Anita Sarkeesian "is right" in latest …
Jaros said he believes Volition's portrayal of women has improved since the first Saints Row game, which Sarkeesian specifically mentions in her latest video. «PC Gamer Magazine, Sep 14»
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Saints Row studio Volition will reveal a new game at PAX Prime
Looks like Saints Row studio Volition will announce a new game at PAX Prime . According to an event description on the PAX site, new gameplay, art and ... «PC Gamer Magazine, Aug 14»
7
Saints Row 5 reveal likely for PAX
Along with Lander, the panel will also include Deep Silver's brand director and crazy lady Aubrey Norris, Volition's creative director Steve Jaros, and producer ... «VG247, Aug 14»
8
The Resumator raises $15M
... developer of recruiting software for small companies, Tuesday said it has received $15 million in a financing round led by Boston-based Volition Capital. «Pittsburgh Business Times, Aug 14»
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Welcome. Saints Row Developer Volition Unveiling A New Game At …
By Jenna Pitcher Saints Row franchise developer Volition plans to unveil a new game at the conclusion of its “Quiz Show Hour with Volition” panel at PAX Prime, ... «IGN, Aug 14»
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Volition Hiring 100 New Employees, Doubling Office Space
Last week saw a new version of Saints Row IV released, and if recent news is any indication, we should be expecting big things from Volition in the coming ... «Game Informer, Jul 14»

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