Reluctance
noun
Unwillingness or not want to do something.
Despite his reluctance, he agreed to attend the meeting
Often appears as...
- reluctance to
- overcome reluctance
noun
The property of an electric circuit causing it to have impedance to alternating current.
The magnetic reluctance is directly proportional to the length and inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area
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noun
Unwillingness or not want to do something.
Despite his reluctance, he agreed to attend the meeting
Often appears as...
- reluctance to
- overcome reluctance
noun
The property of an electric circuit causing it to have impedance to alternating current.
The magnetic reluctance is directly proportional to the length and inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Reluctance often carries a personal or emotional reason behind the unwillingness.
She felt a deep reluctance to speak about the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Nuance
Reluctance can imply a struggle between what someone should do and what they want to do.
His reluctance to apologize stemmed from pride, not indifference.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
In some cultures, expressing reluctance might be a polite way to refuse.
Out of politeness, his reluctance to attend the dinner was implicit.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Reluctance often carries a personal or emotional reason behind the unwillingness.
She felt a deep reluctance to speak about the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Nuance
Reluctance can imply a struggle between what someone should do and what they want to do.
His reluctance to apologize stemmed from pride, not indifference.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
In some cultures, expressing reluctance might be a polite way to refuse.
Out of politeness, his reluctance to attend the dinner was implicit.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Reluctance often carries a personal or emotional reason behind the unwillingness.
She felt a deep reluctance to speak about the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Nuance
Reluctance can imply a struggle between what someone should do and what they want to do.
His reluctance to apologize stemmed from pride, not indifference.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
In some cultures, expressing reluctance might be a polite way to refuse.
Out of politeness, his reluctance to attend the dinner was implicit.
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John Searle: Our shared...
Now I've been working on this for a long time. I think now you might actually get tenure by working on consciousness. If so, that's a real step forward. Okay, now why then is this curious reluctance and curious hostility to consciousness? Well, I think it's a combination of two features of our intellectual culture
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The riddle of experience...
And my talk today will be mostly about these cognitive traps. This applies to laypeople thinking about their own happiness, and it applies to scholars thinking about happiness, because it turns out we're just as messed up as anybody else is. The first of these traps is a reluctance to admit complexity.
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Why civilians suffer...
the decision making of the five million people in his region as they think about whether they should flee that type of vulnerable living situation? So as you can see, this is a frustrating topic for me, and I really try to Why the reluctance to protect and support
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
were pretty hardcore even by today's standards on the morning of their wedding this is the letter she gave him dear gpp there are some things that should be read before we are married things we have talked over before you must know again my reluctance to marry
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Let's end ageism PIPE...
that other is us. Ageism feeds on denial -- our reluctance to acknowledge that we are going to become that older person. It's denial when we try to pass for younger or when we believe in anti-aging products, or when we feel like our bodies are betraying us,
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
don't think there was reluctance I think that there was some delay for logistical reasons reasons that have to do with equipping the guard the chief problem has been with respect to ammunition the troops came but the ammunition didn't
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A video game that helps...
So our monsters appear huge and scary, but if you overcome your reluctance and approach them, you soon see that they are no monsters at all, but just fragile beings that are simply overwhelmed by what life throws at them.
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Enough with the fear of...
Because the real elephant in the room here is fatphobia. Fat activism refuses to indulge this fear. By advocating for self-determination and respect for all of us, we can shift society's reluctance to embrace diversity
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Frank Drake’s Cosmic...
but politics aside our collective reluctance to search for life beyond our planet begs the question why do you think we're so afraid of what's out there oh my gosh i think we've always been afraid of what's out there
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Ryan Phelan: The...
Probably there's no more urgent need to overcome some of this reluctance to use these technologies than in the case of coral. Coral, as many of you know, are the most diverse and rich ecosystems in the world.
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John Searle: Our shared...
Now I've been working on this for a long time. I think now you might actually get tenure by working on consciousness. If so, that's a real step forward. Okay, now why then is this curious reluctance and curious hostility to consciousness? Well, I think it's a combination of two features of our intellectual culture
Video examples
The riddle of experience...
And my talk today will be mostly about these cognitive traps. This applies to laypeople thinking about their own happiness, and it applies to scholars thinking about happiness, because it turns out we're just as messed up as anybody else is. The first of these traps is a reluctance to admit complexity.
Video examples
Why civilians suffer...
the decision making of the five million people in his region as they think about whether they should flee that type of vulnerable living situation? So as you can see, this is a frustrating topic for me, and I really try to Why the reluctance to protect and support
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
were pretty hardcore even by today's standards on the morning of their wedding this is the letter she gave him dear gpp there are some things that should be read before we are married things we have talked over before you must know again my reluctance to marry
Video examples
Let's end ageism PIPE...
that other is us. Ageism feeds on denial -- our reluctance to acknowledge that we are going to become that older person. It's denial when we try to pass for younger or when we believe in anti-aging products, or when we feel like our bodies are betraying us,
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
don't think there was reluctance I think that there was some delay for logistical reasons reasons that have to do with equipping the guard the chief problem has been with respect to ammunition the troops came but the ammunition didn't
Video examples
A video game that helps...
So our monsters appear huge and scary, but if you overcome your reluctance and approach them, you soon see that they are no monsters at all, but just fragile beings that are simply overwhelmed by what life throws at them.
Video examples
Enough with the fear of...
Because the real elephant in the room here is fatphobia. Fat activism refuses to indulge this fear. By advocating for self-determination and respect for all of us, we can shift society's reluctance to embrace diversity
Video examples
Frank Drake’s Cosmic...
but politics aside our collective reluctance to search for life beyond our planet begs the question why do you think we're so afraid of what's out there oh my gosh i think we've always been afraid of what's out there
Video examples
Ryan Phelan: The...
Probably there's no more urgent need to overcome some of this reluctance to use these technologies than in the case of coral. Coral, as many of you know, are the most diverse and rich ecosystems in the world.
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Helena Bonham Carter
British Actress
J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part.
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Michelle Alexander
American Writer
Exposing police lying is difficult largely because it is rare for the police to admit their own lies or to acknowledge the lies of other officers. This reluctance derives partly from the code of silence that governs police practice and from the ways in which the system of mass incarceration is structured to reward dishonesty.
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Jonathan Haidt
American Psychologist
Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots of the Left has been its reluctance to say that marriage matters for children.
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Ogden Nash
American Poet
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
There's a bit of a reluctance on my part to promote myself as any kind of hero because the things I've had to overcome in my life are not the deepest, darkest things.
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John Delaney
American Politician
The big legislative updates that we need to compete in the 21st century and to raise living standards have been blocked by a reluctance to seek common ground.
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Alvaro Enrigue
American Author
My definition of freedom is still ruled by the reluctance to live a conventional life, from Emilio Salgari's pirates.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
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Geoff Stults
American Actor
I think anybody can relate to the reluctance to have to lead sometimes.
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Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes.
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Helena Bonham Carter
British Actress
J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part.
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Michelle Alexander
American Writer
Exposing police lying is difficult largely because it is rare for the police to admit their own lies or to acknowledge the lies of other officers. This reluctance derives partly from the code of silence that governs police practice and from the ways in which the system of mass incarceration is structured to reward dishonesty.
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Jonathan Haidt
American Psychologist
Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots of the Left has been its reluctance to say that marriage matters for children.
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Ogden Nash
American Poet
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
There's a bit of a reluctance on my part to promote myself as any kind of hero because the things I've had to overcome in my life are not the deepest, darkest things.
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John Delaney
American Politician
The big legislative updates that we need to compete in the 21st century and to raise living standards have been blocked by a reluctance to seek common ground.
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Alvaro Enrigue
American Author
My definition of freedom is still ruled by the reluctance to live a conventional life, from Emilio Salgari's pirates.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
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Geoff Stults
American Actor
I think anybody can relate to the reluctance to have to lead sometimes.
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Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes.
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