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conation | undefined |

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 undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

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...

    Related terms

    * conative

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined