impulsion
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8.1
- noun
- /ɪmˈpʌlʃən/
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impulsión
- The impulsion of the crowd encouraged the runners to push harder during the race.
Examples
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But if we admit it, we must account for that factor; we must explain or discover by what law, by what connection, by what necessity, and by what strange impulsion of choice a spirit pure of all animal nature assumes a body and nature of animality prepared for it by a lower order of being.
Blog text (2) -
The impulsion from the wind made the leaves dance in the trees.
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The need for beauty is as positive a natural impulsion as the need for food. - Luther Burbank
Fiction book (1999) -
Eddie becomes the voice of reason when temptations and impulsion take Clarke.
Blog text (10) -
Through such and similar accidents, Montaigne's life progressed not logically, not dialectically, not under the impulsion of any controlling motive, but, as they say, by guess and by God.
Academic text (1991) -
In other words, no matter how much one attains (especially a corporate entity), if one doesn't maintain their impulsion to continually and expansively feed at higher levels of input, then one is considered to be "dying"!
Blog text (17) -
The figure's lower legs are in darkness, and black fabric covers her shoulders, so that the parts of the body seem to float separately, disjointed, and strung in space like a marionette awaiting impulsion.
Academic text (2014) -
"By virtue of a lively impulsion and the suppleness of his joints, free from the paralyzing effects of resistance, the horse obeys willingly and without hesitation and responds to the various aids calmly.
Blog text (18) -
Her strong impulsion to help others drove her to volunteer every weekend.
Synonyms
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4.1
A force that makes something move forward
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6.7
A reason that gives people energy to start or continue something
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4.2
A sudden push that makes a thing change speed or direction
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6.8
An action that makes something happen
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Etymology
Impulsion comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and pellere 'to drive', and it is the same root as the common word impulse. So, impulsion is like a 'push' or force that makes something move or makes you act.