Synonyms for appetency
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ap-i-tuh n-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp ɪ tən si |
Top 10 synonyms for appetency Other synonyms for the word appetency
Définition of appetency
- noun desire
- We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.
- Extract from : « Dynamic Thought » by William Walker Atkinson
- The church of Durham, he said, was the great object of their appetency.
- Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
- This is the reason why beauty is to all creatures an object of appetency, of desire and of love.
- Extract from : « Delsarte System of Oratory » by Various
- Many young animals evidence little or nothing more than "Appetency" in suckling.
- Extract from : « Dynamic Thought » by William Walker Atkinson
- Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- Here he yields nothing, as he owes nothing, to that appetency which binds him to the natural world.
- Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry
- It is from the combination and the workings of these wonderful powers that appetency, desires, aversions, and volition arise.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
- If the word veut has suggested the doctrine of appetency in meaning has been pushed too far by the critics of Lamarck.
- Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard
- The doctrine of appetency attributed to Lamarck is without foundation.
- Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard
Antonyms for appetency
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