volition

Example Sentences

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Her volition and intention don’t matter because an artist who is in on the joke makes hating less fun for the thoughtless critic.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Whether a person with a major psychiatric disorder can muster the necessary volition to support such an irreversible decision, and whether doctors can reliably determine that a patient’s condition is irremediable, are major question marks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

He went back to pick them up, sliding them onto her feet so it looked as though she had been fully dressed when she got into the car, of her own volition.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

In that case the BBC understands a doctor did return to work under their own volition.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

Rolling upward, he thought, like the stones; I am doing what stones do, without volition.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick