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voluntary
English
Etymology
From Middle English *voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin volunt?rius (“willing, of free will”), from volunt?s (“will, choice, desire”), from vol?ns, present participle of volo (“to will”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v?.l?n.t?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?v?.l?n?t?.?i/
- Hyphenation: vol?un?ta?ry
Adjective
voluntary (comparative more voluntary, superlative most voluntary)
- Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
- September 10, 1828, Nathaniel William Taylor, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College
- That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
- September 10, 1828, Nathaniel William Taylor, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College
- Done by design or intention; intentional.
- If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
- Working or done without payment.
- Endowed with the power of willing.
- Of or relating to voluntarism.
- a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church
Synonyms
- (acting of one's own free will): discretionary, optional, volitional; See also Thesaurus:optional
- (done by design or intention): intentional, willful
- (done without payment): honorary, pro bono, unpaid, unsalaried, unwaged
- (endowed with the power of willing): autonomous, spontaneous
Antonyms
- (all): involuntary
- (acting of one's own free will): compulsory, obligatory; See also Thesaurus:compulsory
- (done by design or intention): accidental
- (done without payment): paid, salaried
Derived terms
- voluntarily
- voluntary aided school
- voluntary controlled school
- voluntary manslaughter
Related terms
- voluntarism
- voluntarist
Translations
Adverb
voluntary (comparative more voluntary, superlative most voluntary)
- (obsolete) Voluntarily.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
Noun
voluntary (plural voluntaries)
- (music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
- A volunteer.
- A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.
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postgenderism
English
Etymology
post- +? gender +? -ism
Noun
postgenderism (uncountable)
- A sociopolitical and cultural movement which arose from the eroding of the cultural, biological, psychological and social role of gender, and an argument for why the erosion of binary gender will be liberatory.
- A sociopolitical and cultural movement for the voluntary elimination of gender in the human species through the application of biotechnology.
Related terms
- postgender
References
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