reluctancy
Resistance, oppositionResistance, opposition.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Resistance, opposition.
(archaic, uncountable, usually)Reluctance, disinclination.
Origin
From reluct(ant) + -ancy, from Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), frFrom reluct(ant) + -ancy, from Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + lū̆ctor (“to struggle”). Doublet of reluctance.
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Forms
plural: reluctancies| Singular | reluctancy |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable