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appetency

noun as in desire

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Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.

We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.

The doctrine of appetency attributed to Lamarck is without foundation.

If the word veut has suggested the doctrine of appetency in meaning has been pushed too far by the critics of Lamarck.

Such appetency or bare consciousness is the essential or substantial state of that which appears as physical nature.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to appetency, such as: appetence, appetite, craving, drive, hunger, and liking.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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