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noun
The affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act; desire, appetite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin orexis (“longing; appetite”), from Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis, “desire”), from ὀρέγω (orégō, “to reach, stretch”).
