appetency

[ ap-i-tuhn-see ]

noun

, plural ap·pe·ten·cies.

1. appetence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of appetency¹

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

Example Sentences

Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.

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We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.

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The doctrine of appetency attributed to Lamarck is without foundation.

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If the word veut has suggested the doctrine of appetency in meaning has been pushed too far by the critics of Lamarck.

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Such appetency or bare consciousness is the essential or substantial state of that which appears as physical nature.

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