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involuntariness

Variant of involuntary

adjective

not voluntary; specif.,

not done of one's own free will; not done by choice
unintentional; accidental
not consciously controlled; automatic: sneezing is involuntary

Origin: LL involuntarius

Related Forms:

involuntarily adverb
involuntariness noun

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