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hesitancy

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin haereō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō ▲ Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin -titō Latin haesitō Latin haesitāns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin haesitantiabor. English hesitancy From Latin haesitantia. By surface analysis, hesitant + -cy.

  1. borrowed from haesitantia

Definitions

  1. A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or…

    A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hesitancy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01hesitancy02uncertainty03conviction04firmly05securely06fear07afraid08reluctance

A definitional loop anchored at hesitancy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hesitancy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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