dispreference

Etymology

From dis- + preference.

dispreference means the quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.“As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]”