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Definition of Conation
1. n. The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
Definition of Conation
1. Noun. (philosophy) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conation
1. the inclination to act purposefully [n -S] : CONATIVE [adj]
Medical Definition of Conation
1. The conscious tendency to act, usually an aspect of mental process; historically aligned with cognition and affection, but more recently used in the wider sense of impulse, desire, purposeful striving. Origin: L. Conatio, an undertaking, effort (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conation
Literary usage of Conation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"They made it coexistent with conation in general, only because they failed to
distinguish ... For desire, in the general sense of conation, see conation; ..."
2. Psychology, Descriptive and Explanatory: A Treatise of the Phenomena, Laws by George Trumbull Ladd (1894)
"conation AND MOVEMENT THERE is obvious need of a word which shall stand for that
third ... For these reasons we have already chosen the word " conation," to ..."
3. Psychology, Descriptive and Explanatory: A Treatise of the Phenomena, Laws by George Trumbull Ladd (1904)
"conation AND MOVEMENT THERE is obvious need of a word which shall stand for that
third ... For these reasons we have already chosen the word " conation," to ..."
4. Psychology by Burtis Burr Breese (1917)
"CHAPTER XIX WILL conation.—We have seen that consciousness is impulsive, ie,
leads to motor reactions. This dynamic aspect of consciousness is known as ..."
5. The Teacher's Handbook of Psychology: On the Basis of the "Outlines of by James Sully (1897)
"DEFINITION OF conation. By the term conation we seek to mark off what is in a
peculiar ... conation does not, however, always issue in muscular action. ..."
6. Psychological Principles by James Ward (1919)
"conation. § 5. And this has brought us round naturally to the third of the commonly
accepted ... What, we now ask, is conation or rather conative action ? ..."
7. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"conation, or motor consciousness, is our experience of the condition of our ...
conation and Volition. — In examining behavior from the standpoint of the ..."
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