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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 obtain
2. volition in its weakest form
Familiarity information: VELLEITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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