nonelective
Not freely selected
Nonelective describes something that is not chosen or optional.
In medicine, a nonelective procedure is urgent or emergency surgery that cannot be scheduled at the patient's convenience: The appendectomy was nonelective—they had to operate immediately.
In education, nonelective courses are required rather than chosen by the student.
Needed by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- bindingLegally or morally required
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
prescribed · enforced · prerequisite · imperative · inescapable · unavoidable · regulatory · decreed
Pressured into compliance
- dictatedImposed without discussion
- foistedImposed through deception
- thrustForceful forward motion
- inflictedCaused to suffer
uninvited · unsolicited · unwelcome · unasked · top-down · external · extrinsic · forced
Not under conscious control
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- spontaneousArising without external cause
unconscious · subconscious · unintentional · innate · inherent · natural · mechanical · unthinking
required
Needed by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- bindingLegally or morally required
statutory · prescribed · enforced · prerequisite · imperative · inescapable · unavoidable · regulatory · decreed · fixed
coerced
Pressured into compliance
inflicted · uninvited · unsolicited · unwelcome · unasked · top-down · external · extrinsic · forced · assigned
involuntary
Not under conscious control
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
spontaneous · unconscious · subconscious · unintentional · innate · inherent · natural · mechanical · unthinking · unwilled