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concupiscible appetite

concupiscible appetite noun: the emotional drive or capacity to pursue what is pleasurable and avoid what is painful; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the irascible appetite.

Noun

concupiscible appetite (uncountable)

  1. The emotional drive or capacity to pursue what is pleasurable and avoid what is painful; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the irascible appetite.

Antonyms of concupiscible appetite

Questions about concupiscible appetite

What does concupiscible appetite mean?
Concupiscible appetite means the emotional drive or capacity to pursue what is pleasurable and avoid what is painful; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the irascible appetite.
What part of speech is concupiscible appetite?
Concupiscible appetite is a noun.

Words near concupiscible appetite in the dictionary

  1. concupiscent
  2. concupiscential
  3. concupiscentious
  4. concupiscently
  5. concupiscible
  6. concupiscible appetite
  7. concupiscibleness
  8. concupitive
  9. concur
  10. concurral
  11. concurrals

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