involuntary

adj
/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/UK/ɪnˈvɑ.lənˌtɛɹ.i/US/ɪnˈvɒl.ənˌtɛɹ.i/CA/ɪnˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/

Etymology

From in- + voluntary, from Late Latin involontarius, from in + volontarius.

  1. derived from involontarius

Definitions

  1. Without intention

    Without intention; unintentional.

  2. Not voluntary or willing

    Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.

    • He found himself the involuntary witness in the trial.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at involuntary. 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.

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

9 hops · closes at involuntary

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA