dorongan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed dorong + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔˈrɔŋan/
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: do‧rong‧an
Noun
dorongan (plural dorongan-dorongan, first-person possessive doronganku, second-person possessive doronganmu, third-person possessive dorongannya)
- push, shove
- Synonyms: tolakan, sorongan
- encouragement, incentive, motivation
- pressure, urging, insistence
- Synonym: desakan
- (mechanics) thrust: the force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- Synonym: tujahan (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
- dorongan data
- dorongan nafsu
- dorongan nafsu mempertahankan diri
- dorongan nafsu mempertahankan jenis
- dorongan nafsu mengembangkan diri
- dorongan nafsu seksual
- dorongan sembur
- dorongan sosial
Further reading
- “dorongan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.