volitional

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /voʊˈlɪʃənəl/ UK /vəˈlɪʃənəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to or arising from the use of one's will

Blinking can be reflexive or, when held back, entirely volitional.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to or arising from... deliberate intentional willed voluntary conscious purposive

Opposites

involuntary reflexive compulsory automatic

Word family

Forms volitionally

Derived forms volitionally

Related forms volition will voluntary

Etymology

From volition (from Latin velle 'to will') plus the adjective-forming suffix -al.

volitionem Latin velle Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# volitional

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /voʊˈlɪʃənəl/
**IPA (UK):** /vəˈlɪʃənəl/

## Meanings
1. relating to or arising from the use of one's will

## Examples
- Blinking can be reflexive or, when held back, entirely volitional.

## Synonyms
- deliberate
- intentional
- willed
- voluntary
- conscious
- purposive

## Antonyms
- involuntary
- reflexive
- compulsory
- automatic

## Derived Forms
- volitionally

## Related Forms
- volition
- will
- voluntary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: volitionem
- Root: velle

## Etymology
From volition (from Latin velle 'to will') plus the adjective-forming suffix -al.

## AI Etymology
Volitional comes from volition (from Latin velle 'to will') plus the adjective-forming suffix -al. In current use it is an adjective meaning "relating to or arising from the use of one's will". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Latin volitionem and Latin velle. Related English forms include volition, will, and voluntary. A derived form is volitionally. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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