Conatus

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  • n. An effort, an endeavour, a striving.
  • n. A nisus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An effort; specifically, a tendency simulating an effort on the part of a plant or an animal to supply a want; a nisus.
    • Word Usage
    "He took the philosophical idea of a "conatus" - a striving to continue to exist and thereby to preserve one's essence - as his general principle."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    attempt    effort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dignitate    pereat    uiuere    conferre    falsis   
     
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