Definition of Consummatory

1. Adjective. Pertaining to consummation; consummative ¹

2. Adjective. (biology) Describing any behaviour that has survival value ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consummatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consummatory

consumest
consumeth
consuming
consumingly
consummate(a)
consummated
consummately
consummates
consummating
consummations
consummative
consummator
consummators
consummatory (current term)
consummatory behaviour
consumpt
consumption
consumption coagulopathy
consumption weed
consumptions
consumptive
consumptive wildlife use
consumptively
consumptiveness
consumptives
consumpts
cont
cont'd

Literary usage of Consummatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chapters in general psychology by Stevenson Smith, Edwin Ray Guthrie (1921)
"PREPARATORY AND consummatory RESPONSES When we attempt to describe what an animal is doing, we find that we can distinguish between certain responses which ..."

2. Dynamic Psychology, by Robert Sessions Woodworth by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1918)
"PROBLEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY The other kind consists of reactions which are not evoked except when the mechanism for a consummatory reaction has been aroused and ..."

3. The Function of Ideals and Attitudes in Social Education: An Experimental Study by Paul Frederick Voelker (1921)
"A consummatory reaction is one of direct value to the animal—one directly bringing satisfaction—such as eating or escaping from danger." . ..."

4. The Function of Ideals and Attitudes in Social Education: an experimental study by Paul Frederick Voelker (1921)
"A consummatory reaction is one of direct value to the animal—one directly bringing satisfaction—such as eating or escaping from danger." . ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1912)
"What then prevents the affective tendency so evoked from being at once completely discharged in the consummatory act of springing upon the prey and tearing ..."

6. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"The second study used the HPA axis in the development of intact rats but substituted repeated alcohol consummatory behavior, injections of ACTH for the ..."

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