conation
/kəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/US/koʊˈneɪ.ʃən/
conation noun: the power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
Noun
conation (countable and uncountable, plural conations)
- The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
- Any pleasing sense-experience, when it has once taken place, will, on subsequent occasions, give rise to a conation, when its conditions are only partially repeated...1899, George Frederick Stout, A Manual of Psychology, page 234
- You can sit quiet and hear the processes going on, going about their business; volition, desire, will, cognition, passion, conation.1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine
conation meaning in Tamil and Kannada
conation in Tamil
- முயற்சி, இயற்றி நிலை, முனைப்பு
conation in Kannada
- ಕಾರ್ಯೇಚ್ಛೆ, ಕಾರ್ಯಸಂಕಲ್ಪ, ಇಚ್ಛಾಶಕ್ತಿ, ಸಂಕಲ್ಪಶಕ್ತಿ
Forms of conation
| plural | conations |
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Origin of conation
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnātiō (“an act of attempting”).
Words formed from conation
Words that rhyme with conation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about conation
- What does conation mean?
- Conation means the power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
- What is conation in Tamil?
- Conation in Tamil is முயற்சி, இயற்றி நிலை, முனைப்பு. See Conation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is conation?
- Conation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce conation?
- Conation is pronounced /kəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of conation?
- The plural of conation is conations.
Words near conation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conation (page history and authors); conation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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