RELUCTANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does reluctance mean?
• RELUCTANCE (noun)
The noun RELUCTANCE has 2 senses:
1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
2. a certain degree of unwillingness
Familiarity information: RELUCTANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RELUCTANCE (noun)
Meaning:
(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("reluctance" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Meaning:
A certain degree of unwillingness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
disinclination; hesitancy; hesitation; indisposition; reluctance
Context examples:
a reluctance to commit himself / his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition / after some hesitation he agreed
Hypernyms ("reluctance" is a kind of...):
involuntariness; unwillingness (the trait of being unwilling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reluctance"):
sloth; slothfulness (a disinclination to work or exert yourself)
