nolontà

Italian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin nōluntātem (“unwillingness”), derived from nōlō (“to be unwilling, to not want”) on the example of vōluntās (“will; desire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /no.lonˈta/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: no‧lon‧tà

Noun

nolontà f (invariable) (philosophy)

  1. aversion to evil
  2. resistance against an impulse
  3. suppression of desire

Further reading
  • nolontà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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