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Conation vs Conational - What's the difference?

conation | conational |

As a noun conation

is (philosophy) the power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

As an adjective conational is

of, or pertaining to conation.

conation

English

Noun

(wikipedia conation) (en noun)
  • (philosophy) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
  • * 1899 , George Frederick Stout, A Manual of Psychology , p. 234:
  • Any pleasing sense-experience, when it has once taken place, will, on subsequent occasions, give rise to a conation , when its conditions are only partially repeated...
  • *1957 , Lawrence Durrell, Justine :
  • *:You can sit quiet and hear the processes going on, going about their business; volition, desire, will, cognition, passion, conation .
  • * 1987 , Marshall J. Farr, 'Cognition, Affect, and Motivation: Issues, Directions and Perspectives Toward Unity', in Conative and Affective Process Analysis , p. 347:
  • [The] 'purposive conscious striving' aspect of conation is very likely a concept we need to treat separately if we are to study human motivation successfully...

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    conational

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, or pertaining to conation