hesitancy (noun)

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• hesitancy — hesitant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ slow to act or speak through indecision or reluctance. DERIVATIVES hesitance noun hesitancy noun hesitantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

• hesitancy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1617 1. the quality or state of being hesitant: as a. indecision b. reluctance < took that drastic step only with the greatest hesitancy > 2. hesitation 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hesitancy — noun 1. a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑hesitance • Derivationally related forms: ↑hesitant, ↑hesitant (for: ↑hesitance) …   Useful english dictionary

• hesitancy — noun A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome …   Wiktionary

• hesitancy — noun See hesitation …   Thesaurus of popular words

• hesitancy — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Doubt] Syn. indecision, skepticism, irresolution; see doubt 2 , uncertainty 1 . 2. [Delay] Syn. wavering, delaying, procrastination; see delay 1 , hesitation 2 , pause 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of… …   English dictionary for students

• hesitancy — also hes.i.tance noun (U) the quality of being uncertain or slow in doing or saying something …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hesitancy — UK [ˈhezɪtənsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] a way of behaving in which you do something slowly or pause before you do it, because you are nervous, embarrassed, or worried …   English dictionary

• hesitancy — /ˈhɛzətənsi/ (say hezuhtuhnsee) noun (plural hesitancies) hesitation; indecision. Also, hesitance. {Latin haesitantia stammering} …  

• urinary hesitancy — noun difficulty in beginning the flow of urine; associated with prostate enlargement in men and with narrowing of the urethral opening in women; may be caused by emotional stress in either men or women • Hypernyms: ↑difficulty …   Useful english dictionary

• hesitant — adjective slow to act or speak through indecision or reluctance. Derivatives hesitance noun hesitancy noun hesitantly adverb Origin ME: from L. haesitant , haesitare (see hesitate) …   English new terms dictionary