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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɪɹɛzəˈluːʃən/

名詞

irresolution (countable and uncountable, plural irresolutions)

1. Lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 238:

     Again he paced the chamber; but an involuntary movement of awe and inquietude constantly led his eye towards the alcove. He drew near it with irresolution.

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irresolution”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “irresolution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.