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VELLEITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does velleity mean? 

VELLEITY (noun)
  The noun VELLEITY has 2 senses:

1. a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtainplay

2. volition in its weakest formplay

  Familiarity information: VELLEITY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VELLEITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("velleity" is a kind of...):

want; wish; wishing (a specific feeling of desire)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Volition in its weakest form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("velleity" is a kind of...):

volition; will (the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention)


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