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volition [vəʊˈlıʃən] N form

volition

volition

决断 juéduàn

do sth of one's own volition

出于自愿做某事

Usage examples with volition

do sth of one's own volition

出于自愿做某事

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Higher-order volitions are potentially more often guided by long-term convictions and reasoning. en.wikipedia.org

There are various ways of marking volition cross-linguistically. en.wikipedia.org

In both instances, a person is voluntarily deciding with whom to associate, based on volition. en.wikipedia.org

This framework proposes four broad domains of volition, planning, purposive action, and effective performance as working together to accomplish global executive functioning needs. en.wikipedia.org

Crucially, they come to the movement of their own volition. en.wikipedia.org

Neither is any given linguist's approach to volition. en.wikipedia.org

In other words, motivation and volition refer to goal setting and goal pursuit, respectively. en.wikipedia.org

A first-order volition is a desire about anything else, such as to own a new car, to meet the pope, or to drink alcohol. en.wikipedia.org

Opponents of the practice claim that all except those who joined of their own volition are virtually slaves in every normal sense of the word. en.wikipedia.org

Frontal lobotomy (sometimes called frontal leucotomy) successfully reduced distress but at the cost of often blunting the subject's emotions, volition and personality. en.wikipedia.org

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