Dispreference

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative. countable, formal, uncountable

    "As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]"

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"As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]"

Etymology

From dis- + preference.

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