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conation
Word definitions for conation in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context philosophy English) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Conation is a term that stems from the Latin conatus , meaning any natural tendency, impulse, striving, or directed effort. Conative is one of three parts of the mind, along with the affective and cognitive . In short, the cognitive part of the brain has ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in philosophical use from 1836, from Latin conationem (nominative conatio ) "an endeavoring, effort," noun of action from past participle stem of conari "to endeavor, to try," from PIE *kona- , from root *ken- (1) "to set oneself in motion" (see deacon ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conation \Co*na"tion\, n. [L. conatio.] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. --J. S. Mill.
Usage examples of conation.
I suspect what he does is almost instantly to analyze the pattern, identify universals of logic and conation, go on from there to reconstruct the whole mental configuration—as if his nervous system included not only sensitivity to the radiation of others, but an organic semantic computer fantastically beyond anything that Technic civilization has built.
H e rood the reasoning, of course, for he was well versed in the customs of Y- tols What had him stunned beyond words here, Yakim Douan knew, the Chezru’s tone and insistence, this whole line of questioning - a conation that Yakim Douan knew to be out of bounds.
He rood the reasoning, of course, for he was well versed in the customs of Y- tols What had him stunned beyond words here, Yakim Douan knew, the Chezru’s tone and insistence, this whole line of questioning - a conation that Yakim Douan knew to be out of bounds.
If the glands weren’t there, an equivalent was, conation, intuition, together with an intellect probably superior to his.
I suspect what he does is almost instantly to analyze the pattern, identify universals of logic and conation, go on from there to reconstruct the whole mental configuration-as if his nervous system included not only sensitivity to the radiation of others, but an organic semantic computer fantastically beyond anything that Technic civilization has built.