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Appetition
UK
/ˌæp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
US
/ˌæp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
Translation of "appetition" into Russian
appetition
Noun
UK
/ˌæp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
US
/ˌæp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
appetition
appetitions pl
His appetition for knowledge was insatiable.
Его стремление к знаниям было ненасытным.
The appetition for success drove him to work harder.
Желание успеха заставляло его работать усерднее.
Definitions
appetition
Noun
UK
/ˌæp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
US
/ˌæp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
A strong desire or natural inclination towards something.
His appetition for knowledge drove him to read every book he could find on the subject.
(Philosophy, psychology) The faculty or power of desiring; the instinctive inclination of a living being toward a perceived good.
Scholastic philosophers divide the soul's activities into cognition and appetition.