dis inclination

noun

the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.

Origin:
1640–50; dis-¹ + inclination

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disincline (ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪn)

—vb
	to make or be unwilling, reluctant, or averse

disinclination

—n

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disinclination

1640s, from dis- + inclination.

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"There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity."

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