different between machinelike vs involuntary

English

Etymology

machine +? -like

Adjective

machinelike (comparative more machinelike, superlative most machinelike)

1. Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
   • 2015, Immanuel Wallerstein, Carlos Aguirre Rojas, Charles C. Lemert, Uncertain Worlds: World-systems Analysis in Changing Times

     The latter, for example, are overheard dismissing the former as mere “quantoids”—as if quantitative methods turn those who deploy them into machinelike expellers of numeric waste.

Synonyms

• mechanical

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?l.?n?t?.?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?l.?n.t?i/
• Hyphenation: in?vol?un?ta?ry

Adjective

involuntary (comparative more involuntary, superlative most involuntary)

1. Without intention; unintentional.
2. Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.

Synonyms

• (without intention): inadvertent, unintended; see also Thesaurus:unintentional
• (not voluntary): unbewised, unvoluntary; see also Thesaurus:compulsory

Derived terms

• involuntarily
• involuntariness
• involuntary manslaughter

Related terms

• volunteer

Translations

References

• involuntary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• involuntary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.