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pulsions

pulsions is the plural of pulsion.

Meaning of pulsion

Noun

pulsion (plural pulsions)

  1. (archaic) The act of driving forward; propulsion.
    • The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet communities, where toxic pulsions of identification and disidentification generate passionate solidarities and sudden explosions of hostilities.2020 [2019], Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 99
  2. A subconscious drive or impulse.

Questions about pulsions

What is pulsions the plural of?
Pulsions is the plural of pulsion.

Words near pulsions in the dictionary

  1. pulsimeters
  2. pulsing
  3. pulsingly
  4. pulsings
  5. pulsion
  6. pulsions
  7. Pulsipher
  8. Pulsiphers
  9. pulsitility
  10. pulsive
  11. pulsivity

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