appetency

[ ap-i-tuhn-see ]

/ ˈæp ɪ tən si /

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noun, plural ap·pe·ten·cies.

appetence.

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Origin of appetency

1620–30; <Latin appetentia a craving for, equivalent to appetent- (stem of appetēns, present participle of appetere;see appetence) + -ia-ia; see -ency

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apperception, appersonation, appertain, appestat, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetitive, appetitive behavior, appetizer, appetizing

How to use appetency in a sentence

Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.
Dynamic Thought|William Walker Atkinson
The doctrine of appetency attributed to Lamarck is without foundation.
Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution|Alpheus Spring Packard
If the word veut has suggested the doctrine of appetency in meaning has been pushed too far by the critics of Lamarck.
Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution|Alpheus Spring Packard

Such appetency or bare consciousness is the essential or substantial state of that which appears as physical nature.
The Approach to Philosophy|Ralph Barton Perry

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