different between volution vs volition

English

Etymology

From (the participle stem of) Latin volvere (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??l(j)u??n?/

Noun

volution (plural volutions)

1. A turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
2. A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist.
   • 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:

     On the left wrist were two circular excoriations, apparently the effect of ropes, or of a rope in more than one volution.

English

Etymology

From French volition, from Medieval Latin voliti? (“will, volition”), from Latin vol? (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose; to want”)) + -ti? (“suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (“suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??l??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vo??l??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: vo?li?tion

Noun

volition (countable and uncountable, plural volitions)

1. A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]
2. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
3. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

Derived terms

• volitional
• volitionally

Related terms

• voluntarism
• voluntarist
• volunteer

Translations

Further reading

• volition (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• volition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin voliti? (“will, volition”), from Latin vol? (“I wish, I will”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.li.sj??/

Noun

volition f (plural volitions)

1. (philosophy, psychology) volition

See also

• volonté

Further reading

• “volition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).