appetitive

Adjective

Meaning

Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cyprian epicurean sexual wanting eager hunger appetite luxurious sensual craving hedonistic lustful desirous carnal voluptuous
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Antonyms

virgin pure continent modest upright detached
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Examples

The dialectic of perfection, based on a deprivational mode, is being succeeded by a dialectic of fulfillment, based on the appetitive mode. Philip Rieff

appetitive needs Source: Internet

Leptin is produced by adipose tissue to signal fat storage reserves in the body, and mediates long-term appetitive controls (i.e. to eat more when fat storages are low and less when fat storages are high). Source: Internet

He used the same terms as Plato, referring to the three parts as rational, spiritual, and appetitive. Source: Internet

The appetitive spirit also regulated the pleasures of the body and was moved by feelings of enjoyment. Source: Internet

The rational soul was in the brain, the spiritual soul was in the heart, and the appetitive soul was in the liver. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

appetitelessness appetition appetitional appetitively appetitiveness appetitost