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Conative

Co′na-tive

(? or ?)
,
Adj.
[See
Conatus
.]
Of or pertaining to conation.
This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or
conative
powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant.
Sir W. Hamilton.

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conative

conative

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  • connative

Adjective

conative (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a striving action.
    The conative, as opposed to the cognitive or affective, relates to purposeful, but not necessarily ultimately rational, action.

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Italian

Adjective

conative

  1. feminine plural of conativo

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