Nonchoice

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An action or situation that is not a choice.

    "The “choices” that children may seem to make when left alone with a roomful of toys can be realized as nonchoices in light of how much gender scripting they have, at remarkably early ages, already absorbed."

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hobson's choice

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"The “choices” that children may seem to make when left alone with a roomful of toys can be realized as nonchoices in light of how much gender scripting they have, at remarkably early ages, already absorbed."

Etymology

From non- + choice.

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