indecision
noun
[ ɪndɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n ]
• the inability to make a decision quickly.
• "I've been racked with indecision over what to do next"
Similar:
indecisiveness,
irresolution,
irresoluteness,
lack of resolution,
hesitancy,
hesitation,
tentativeness,
ambivalence,
doubt,
doubtfulness,
unsureness,
uncertainty,
vacillation,
equivocation,
oscillation,
wavering,
teetering,
fluctuation,
faltering,
second thoughts,
delay,
hanging back,
waiting,
shilly-shallying,
dithering,
stalling,
temporizing,
temporization,
havering,
humming and hawing,
swithering,
dilly-dallying,
blowing hot and cold,
sitting on the fence,
dubiety,
incertitude,
cunctation,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from French indécision, from in- (expressing negation) + décision, from Latin decisio(n- ), from the verb decidere (see decide).
