hesitance
pronunciation
How to pronounce hesitance in British English:
UK ['hezɪtəns]
How to pronounce hesitance in American English:
US ['hezətəns]
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- Noun:
- a feeling of diffidence about doing something
Word Origin
- hesitance (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin haesitantia (see hesitancy).
Example
- 1. His hesitance probably springs from a fear of being marginalised and the need to keep his fragile non-pashtun coalition together .
- 2. My hesitance was because I was presenting that the rape fantasy is exceedingly common among women , with as many as 25-40 % of women endorsing some form of this fantasy , at least once in their lives .
- 3. The eurozone will act as a drag on export growth this year , and perhaps most importantly , there has been no clear shift to a loose monetary policy , with extreme hesitance on the part of the state council and central bank ......
- 4. Their hesitance to fold these programs , and the financial industry 's willingness to keep using them , has made it harder for regulators to re-establish a sense of market discipline , government officials say .
- 5. In particular , traits such as arrogance , hesitance , being overly dramatic , inflexible , or being a " yes-man " may be helpful when it comes to leading .