conatus
9.9
An inner push to survive and grow
- noun
- /kəˈneɪtəs/
- Formal
:
conatus
- Her conatus drives her to pursue her dreams despite facing numerous challenges.
Examples
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The scholar emphasized that each person's conatus reflects their innate desire to succeed and thrive.
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Rather, we take beliefs into ourselves as the fruits (or "modes") of a conatus constantly striving for self-perfection.
Academic text (2002) -
Even in cases of significant self-sacrifice, the individual incorporates the need for such sacrifice into his conatus.
Academic text (2002) -
In philosophy, the concept of conatus illustrates the fundamental drive within all beings to seek survival and fulfillment.
Synonyms
doggedness
vsconatus
1
6.5
A strong will to keep trying despite difficulties
is an internal natural urge to persist and to thrive
Antonyms
How Driven
determination
142
3.0
142
3.0
resolve
92
4.4
92
4.4
drive
190
3.4
190
3.4
conatus
- Formal
inclination
61
4.2
61
4.2
passivity
9
6.3
9
6.3
apathy
43
6.2
43
6.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Conatus comes from the Latin verb conari 'to try', and philosophers used it for the natural 'push' inside a living thing to keep itself going. So conatus means an inner 'drive' or will to persist.