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Definition of Indecision
1. Noun. Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action. "His indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"
Generic synonyms: Doubt, Doubtfulness, Dubiety, Dubiousness, Incertitude, Uncertainty
Specialized synonyms: Hesitation, Vacillation, Wavering
Derivative terms: Indecisive
2. Noun. The trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose. "The king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court"
Generic synonyms: Irresoluteness, Irresolution
Antonyms: Decision, Decisiveness
Derivative terms: Indecisive
Definition of Indecision
1. n. Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
Definition of Indecision
1. Noun. The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indecision
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indecision
Literary usage of Indecision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hanover and Prussia 1795-1803: A Study in Neutrality by Guy Stanton Ford (1903)
"... in whose fate Russia was indeed deeply interested.1 Indecision at Berlin had
decided the fate of Hanover, where equal indecision prevailed. ..."
2. The Reconstruction of Europe: A Sketch of the Diplomatic and Military by Harold Murdock, John Fiske (1895)
"VICTORY OF THE HANOVERIANS AT LANGENSALZA. — CAPITULATION OF THE HANOVERIAN ARMY.
— Indecision IN ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"So great, for example, was the political indecision of the French people, powerless,
for lack of a man to re-establish the one form of government which ..."
4. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... and Emin's extreme indecision—Surprise at finding Emin a prisoner on our third
return to the Nyanza—What might have been averted by the exercise of a ..."
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