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Definition of Conative
1. a. Of or pertaining to conation.
Definition of Conative
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a striving action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conative
1. conation [adj] - See also: conation
Medical Definition of Conative
1. Pertaining to, or characterised by, conation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conative
Literary usage of Conative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Psychology by George Frederick Stout (1915)
"conative development is inseparably connected with cognitive development. ...
From this point of view, we may distinguish different levels of conative ..."
2. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"Our conative mental states are combinations of various elementary data in which
... This' dynamic sensation' is the specific quality of conative states. ..."
3. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"The conative Faculty.— 83. Energy of nature. 84. Mind force. ... A conative cause
is a form of the efficient cause, but it is psychic instead of physical; ..."
4. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane (1903)
"THE conative USE. 230!. A verb is sometimes used to denote action proposed,
attempted, or begun, but not necessarily carried out. ..."
5. The Teacher's Handbook of Psychology by James Sully (1910)
"Emotion and conative Process. In the initial stage of an emotion conation is present
... The conative factor appears much more clearly in the second stage. ..."
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