velleitas.
velleity (a mere wish not leading to any action)
Meaning & usage
velleity (a mere wish not leading to any action)
Where this word comes from
From vell(e)- (the stem used to form the imperfect subjunctive forms of volō (“to want, will; to wish”)) + -(i)tās, suggesting a weaker degree of desire and uncertainty, as in vellet (“one would want”); in contrast to the simple indicative expression of will of voluntās, as in volunt (“they want”). A technical term finding use primarily in the philosophical and theological treatises of medieval European scholastics.
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