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Definition of Concupiscence
1. Noun. A desire for sexual intimacy.
Generic synonyms: Desire
Specialized synonyms: Erotic Love, Love, Sexual Love, Aphrodisia, Anaphrodisia, Passion, Sensualism, Sensuality, Sensualness, Amativeness, Amorousness, Eroticism, Erotism, Sexiness, Fetish, Libido, Lecherousness, Lust, Lustfulness, Nymphomania, Satyriasis, The Hots
Derivative terms: Concupiscent, Erotic
Definition of Concupiscence
1. n. Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Definition of Concupiscence
1. Noun. An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concupiscence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concupiscence
Literary usage of Concupiscence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"But the lust of concupiscence of the sensitive appetite is at times greater in
the incontinent, who never sins except under grave concupiscence; ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"But the lust of concupiscence of the sensitive appetite is at times greater in
the incontinent, who never sins except under grave concupiscence; ..."
3. Conscience and Law, Or, Principles of Human Conduct by William Humphrey (1896)
"This inclination is called concupiscence, and it may be either ... Antecedent
concupiscence is that which is naturally excited by its object when it ..."
4. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an Essay by Jeremy Taylor, George Rust (1851)
"But I consider, that by " concupiscence" must be meant either the first inclinations
to their object ; or the proper acts of election, which are the second ..."
5. Ethics: Or, Moral Philosophy by Walter Henry Hill (1884)
"concupiscence is capability of pleasure in the sensible appetite,* and is a
craving for its pleasurable objects, along with an impulse towards them. ..."
6. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1887)
"This is the carnal concupiscence, which, while it is no longer accounted sin ...
Now from this concupiscence whatever comes into being by natural birth is ..."
7. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churchby Augustine, John Chrysostom by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1887)
"This is the carnal concupiscence, which, while it is no longer accounted sin ...
Now from this concupiscence whatever comes into being by natural birth is ..."
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