irresolution

1. 1.

   doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action

   “his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost”

   Synonymsindecisionindecisiveness

   Broaderdoubt

   Narrowerhesitation
2. 2.

   the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose

   Synonymsirresoluteness

   Broadertrait

   Narrowervolatilityindecisiveness

Other forms of irresolution

plural

irresolutions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about irresolution

What does irresolution mean?

irresolution means "doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in irresolution?

irresolution has 6 syllables: ir-re-so-lu-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for irresolution?

Close synonyms include indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irresolution a common word?

irresolution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.