velleity
[noun]
Synonyms: will, fancy, inclination, liking, mind, pleasure

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Related Words: volition, wish

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

velleity noun. [vɛ'li:ɪti] Chiefly literary. E17.
[medieval Latin velleitas, from Latin velle wish, will: see -ITY.]
1. The least or a low degree of volition, unaccompanied by any effort or advance towards action or realization. E17.
■ A. Tucker Velleity can scarce be called a power, for a power which never operates is no power.

2. A mere wish; a slight inclination without accompanying action or effort. Also foll. by for, of, towards, to do, etc. M17.
New Left Review This..outlook is a recurrent velleity of the Party, rather than a permanent set of convictions.

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