conatus
conatus is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece Paley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affect
- aid
- applicability
- aptitude
- aptness
- bend
- bent
- bias
- bid
- calculated
- carry
- cast
- conduce
- conducive
- conduciveness
- contribute
- direction
- dispose
- drift
- fair
- for
- grain
- gravitate
- humor
- idiocrasy
- idiosyncrasy
- inclination
- incline
- instrumental
- instrumentality
- lead
- leaning
- liability
- liable
- mood
- nature
- nisus
- predisposition
- proclivity
- promote
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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