Definition of "conation" []

• Psychology The aspect of mental processes or behavior directed toward action or change and including impulse, desire, volition, and striving. (noun)

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• "Adulthood is often referred to as the point of conation."
• "This can, of course be considered either a specific acceptance, or the more general and important aspect of human maturation called “conation”—the acceptance of responsibility."
• "Especially pp. 111-115 on ˜pro-attitudes™, including pleasure, as explanatory (i.e., involving conation of various kinds, as it seems) and pp. 127-32 on enjoyment."