Showing reluctance or actively resisting someone else's intentions; unwilling to comply.
Present participle of counterwill, combining counter- + willing. Developed from philosophical discussions of competing desires and psychological states of reluctance or opposition.
This word describes the exact moment when your parents ask you to clean your room and your every fiber of being resists—it's that counterwilling energy where you're not just reluctant, you're actively opposing the request.
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