unchoice
nounEtymology From un- (“lack or absence of”) + choice.
1
Usually the lack or absence of choice
- He only describes men who voluntarily, even euphorically, deliver themselves into the state of unchoice that opium gives them.2002, Keith McMahon, The Fall of the God of Money:
- This difficult situation has led some in the “pro-life” movement to call abortion the “unchoice.”2015, Charles C. Camosy, Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation:
2
Usually the act or process of unchoosing; that which is unchosen or rejected; rejection
- If Goody is correct then the traditional local religions would seem to be incompatible with a literate society, and the introduction of literacy thus necessitates the unchoice of such religions.2014, John E. Joseph, Talbot J. Taylor, Ideologies of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics):