Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conation

/koʊˈneɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cona-tion
IPA: /koʊˈneɪ.ʃən/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Any pleasing sense-experience, when it has once taken place, will, on subsequent occasions, give rise to a conation, when its conditions are only partially repeated..."
"You can sit quiet and hear the processes going on, going about their business; volition, desire, will, cognition, passion, conation."
"[The] 'purposive conscious striving' aspect of conation is very likely a concept we need to treat separately if we are to study human motivation successfully […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cōnor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnātiōlbor. English conation Learned borrowing from Latin cōnātiō (“an act of attempting”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /koʊˈneɪ.ʃən/
British English: /kəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

conations (plural)

Derived Forms

conational

Frequently Paired Words

conative

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce conation?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊˈneɪ.ʃən/.
What does conation mean?: The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
Where does conation come from?: Etymology tree Latin cōnor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnātiōlbor. English conation Learned borrowing from Latin cōnātiō (“an act of attempting”).

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