'Indecision' definitions:
Definition of 'indecision'
(from WordNet)
noun
Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" [syn: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution]
noun
The trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose; "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court" [syn: indecisiveness, indecision] [ant: decision, decisiveness]
Definition of 'Indecision'
From: GCIDE
- Indecision \In`de*ci"sion\, n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. ind['e]cision.] Lack of decision; lack of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation. [1913 Webster]
- The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]
- Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indecision'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambitendency,
- ambivalence,
- capriciousness,
- chance,
- chanciness,
- change of mind,
- changeableness,
- double-mindedness,
- dubiety,
- dubiousness,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- fence-sitting,
- fence-straddling,
- fickleness,
- fluctuation,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- incalculability,
- incertitude,
- inconstancy,
- indecisiveness,
- indemonstrability,
- indeterminacy,
- indetermination,
- indeterminism,
- infirmity of purpose,
- instability,
- irresolution,
- luck,
- mercuriality,
- mugwumpery,
- mugwumpism,
- randomness,
- second thoughts,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- suspense,
- suspensefulness,
- tergiversation,
- to-and-fro,
- unaccountability,
- uncertainness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- undecidedness,
- undeterminedness,
- unforeseeableness,
- unpredictability,
- unprovability,
- unsettledness,
- unsettlement,
- unsureness,
- unverifiability,
- vacillation,
- wavering,
- whimsicality