Unaction
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Lack or absence of action; an act of no action uncountable
"Elise's findings were published in 1965 as a chapter in Behavioral Science and Human Survival. Noting that this was, indeed, an “unaction,” as there was no real national organization, she found that many of the women who participated had not previously been active in civic or political organizational affairs."
Example
More examples"Elise's findings were published in 1965 as a chapter in Behavioral Science and Human Survival. Noting that this was, indeed, an “unaction,” as there was no real national organization, she found that many of the women who participated had not previously been active in civic or political organizational affairs."
Etymology
From un- + action.
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