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nonchoice

noun

Etymology

From non- + choice.

  1. derived from *ǵews-✻ — “to choose”
  2. derived from *kauzijaną✻
  3. derived from 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 — “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”
  4. derived from *causīre✻ — “to choose”
  5. derived from chois — “choice”
  6. inherited from chois
  7. prefixed as nonchoice — “non + choice”

Definitions

  1. An action or situation that is not a choice.

    • The “choices” that children may seem to make when left alone with a roomful of toys can be realized as nonchoices in light of how much gender scripting they have, at remarkably early ages, already absorbed.
    • To make matters even more daunting, you're responsible not only for your choices, but also for your nonchoices. This is because every choice you make represents, at the same time, the death of hundreds of other possibilities.

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