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conation

[ koh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

Psychology.
  1. the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.


conation

/ əʊˈԱɪʃə /

noun

  1. the element in psychological processes that tends towards activity or change and appears as desire, volition, and striving
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲپDzԲ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conation1

1605–15; < Latin ōپō- (stem of ōپō ) an effort, equivalent to ō ( us ) (past participle of ōī to try) + -ō- -ion
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conation1

C19: from Latin ōپō an attempting, from ōī to try
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With all due respect to conation, I split for Bond — James Bond — complete with a video clip of the incumbent spy, the actor Daniel Craig, being tortured.

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That movement is the resultant of the spiritual potency after experiences in the form of cognition have marked out the path for conation.

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The cognition is indirect, the conation is indirect, only the effect is immediate.

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Volition, therefore, following McDougall, may be defined as the supporting or re-enforcing of a desire or conation by the cooperation of an impulse excited within the system of the self-regarding sentiment.

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This conation is an inheritance; it is present in the form of dissatisfaction with the present situation; it moves in the direction of a goal which is marked out by intellect.

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