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" We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element."
Samuel Alexander

Meaning of "conative" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONATIVE

ˈkɒnətɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Conation

Conation is a term that stems from the Latin conatus, meaning any natural tendency, impulse, striving, or directed effort. Conative is one of three parts of the mind, along with the affective and cognitive. In short, the cognitive part of the brain measures intelligence, the affective deals with emotions and the conative drives how one acts on those thoughts and feelings. The term conation is no longer widely known—it is in "The 1,000 Most Obscure Words in the English Language," defined as "the area of one's active mentality that has to do with desire, volition, and striving", but a closer look turns up several references to conation as the third faculty of the mind. Conation is defined by Funk & Wagnalls Standard Comprehensive International Dictionary as "the aspect of mental process directed by change and including impulse, desire, volition and striving," and by the Living Webster Encyclopedia Dictionary of the English Language as "one of the three modes, together with cognition and affection, of mental function; a conscious effort to carry out seemingly volitional acts.

Definition of conative in the English dictionary

The definition of conative in the dictionary is denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the effort of the agent in performing the activity described by the verb. Other definition of conative is of or relating to conation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONATIVE

agglutinative · alternative · carminative · coordinative · denominative · determinative · discriminative · dominative · donative · eliminative · fascinative · germinative · illuminative · imaginative · nominative · originative · recriminative · ruminative · sanative · unimaginative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONATIVE

conacre · conacreism · Conakry · Conan Doyle · conarial · conarium · conation · conational · conatus · conc. · concanavalin · concatenate · concatenation · concause · concave · concavely · concaveness · concavities

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONATIVE

active · administrative · collaborative · comparative · conservative · cooperative · creative · decorative · derivative · in the negative · informative · initiative · innovative · legislative · narrative · native · negative · operative · quantitative · relative · representative

Synonyms and antonyms of conative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conative» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CONATIVE

Find out the translation of conative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of conative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conative» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

意动
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

conativa
570 millions of speakers
en

English

conative
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

conative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اعتزامي
280 millions of speakers
ru

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волевой
278 millions of speakers
pt

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conative
270 millions of speakers
bn

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conative
260 millions of speakers
fr

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conative
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Konatif
190 millions of speakers
de

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conative
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

意欲の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

능동적
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Conative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

conative
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

conative
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वाक्यरचना
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

gayret ifade eden
70 millions of speakers
it

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conative
65 millions of speakers
pl

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conativus
50 millions of speakers
uk

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вольовий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

conativă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

conative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

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conative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONATIVE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conative

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QUOTES WITH «CONATIVE»

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Samuel Alexander
We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONATIVE»

Discover the use of conative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pure Instinct
conative expectations of supervisors (Kolbe Index-C) to identify selection standards for future employees. Such a study can be performed relatively quickly and inexpensively. The Kolbe Index tests instincts, not skills or acquired attributes , and ...
Kathy Kolbe, 2004
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Astadala Yogamala
Q.- Mr. Iyengar, you were mentioning about conative and cognitive actions in the class. Can you explain it? Does conative mean will? No, conative does not mean will power in actions. Basically there are two ways of doing any action, namely ...
Yogacarya B.K. Iyengar
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Transcendental Arguments: Problems and Prospects
Conative transcendental arguments can do nothing to close the rift between them and internalists.40 In sum then: conative transcendental arguments can dissolve applications of the debate between internalism and externalism only where the ...
Robert Stern, 2003
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Noble in Reason, Infinite in Faculty: Themes and Variations ...
Is it? As a first step towards answering this question, note that there is one extremely important way in which any queerness would in fact be dissipated. I have in mind the possibility that our ethical thinking should turn out to depend on conative ...
A.W. Moore, 2012
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The Sources of Value
The negative conative reference to the pain is superimposed upon the positive conative reference of the impulse pattern to the consummatory goal. It has the effect of teaching an intelligent organism not to allow an impulse pattern to continue ...
Stephen Coburn Pepper, 1958
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The Discourse Potential of Underspecified Structures
In the preceding section, I have argued that conative negation takes narrow scope with respect to the imperfective viewpoint aspect. If so, conative negation should be located below AspP: (21) TP X XXXXX AspP X X X X XX conative negation ...
Anita Steube, 2008
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Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope: Word Formation in the ...
(20) Ahtna conative inceptive d-qualifier n-qualifier z-neg gh-qualifier Lower Tanana conative inceptive d-qualifier n-qualifier dh-neg gh-qualifier Koyukon conative gh-qualifier d-qualifier inceptive n-qualifier 1-neg Upper Tanana conative ...
Keren Rice, S. R. Anderson, 2006
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Thinking about Acting: Logical Foundations for Rational ...
In the case of such currently instantiated feature likings, reflecting on the feature elicits a conative response. We can think of this as another built-in conative disposition. Apparently feature likings play a dual role. They are the denizens of the ...
John L. Pollock, 2006
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Nature's Edge: Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory ...
With Spinoza, the interpretation rests on the notion of conative individuality, as lived out on a complex, human level. As with all organisms, we primordially endeavor to preserve in our own being, as necessarily implicated in the wider, dynamic ...
Charles S. Brown, Ted Toadvine, 2007
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Dignity, Character and Self-Respect
The Connexions Between Conative and EstimativeSelfRespect What arethe connexions betweenconative and estimative selfrespect? First, we must distinguish conative selfrespect from the desire to preserve one's estimativeselfrespect.
Robin S. Dillon, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONATIVE»

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Cashback Website Dealsnprice.com Introduces Price Sensitivity …
... over come conative dissonance by creating a tech enabled "Savings" platform, which would help them Spend Less & Save More - a platform, ... «PR Newswire India, May 15»
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Série Education - 8 - La formation professionnelle réinventée
Apprendre, c'est une attitude, une disposition affective, cognitive et conative favorable. » En défense des MOOCs, il faut reconnaître qu'en ... «ParisTech Review, May 15»
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Why daughter of Wonderlic test creator isn't happy with the NFL
Unlike cognitive tests, the Kolbe Index deals with the conative part of the brain, measuring instincts and impulse rather than intellect. And in that ... «CBSSports.com, Apr 15»
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Diversity seen as key to Ottawa County's future
... that utilizes the three traditional sectors of the human brain in the process: cognitive, affective and conative" http://elgl.org/2015/01/26/michi. «Grand Haven Tribune, Apr 15»
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The Impact of Moroccan Students' Attitudes towards English …
Baker (1992) divides the concept into three constituents: affective, cognitive and conative. The first constituent has to do with feeling and ... «Morocco World News, Mar 15»
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One soul at a time
... "reconation" comes from the term "conative," the process of making conscious decisions), to relapse prevention and household chores. «Coeur d'Alene Press, Mar 15»
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Stigmatized Schizophrenia Gets a Rebrand
... first described and delineated schizophrenia), Neuro-Emotional Integration Disorder, Youth onset CONative, COgnitive and Reality Distortion ... «Daily Beast, Mar 15»
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Dear Doctor: The delightful story of how Mortimer Adler got his Ph.D
If there is any difference in the psychological content of these two intense emotions, it must lie in the cognitive and conative contexts — what is ... «The Moral Liberal, Mar 15»
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10 Keys for New or Current Employers to Hiring an Employee
This measures a person's Conative Thinking (i.e. your gut reaction). Personally, I've found it invaluable in determining whether someone is ... «Small Business Trends, Feb 15»
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Oscar Pistorius Case. Justice cannot be for one side alone.
…..Thus, the courts work with two components for dolus eventualis: a cognitive component, foresight of the possibility of harm, and a conative ... «News24, Feb 15»
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« EDUCALINGO. Conative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/conative>. Jun 2026 ».
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