pulsion
See also: pulsión
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French pulsion, from Latin pulsio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpʌlʃn̩/
Noun
pulsion (plural pulsions)
- (now rare) The act of driving forward; propulsion. [from 17th c.]
- 2020 [2019], Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 99:
- The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet communities, where toxic pulsions of identification and disidentification generate passionate solidarities and sudden explosions of hostilities.
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- (psychoanalysis) A subconscious drive or impulse. [from 20th c.]
Anagrams
- Poulins, unspoil, upsilon
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pulsio, pulsionem, from pulsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pyl.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
pulsion f (plural pulsions)
- (psychology) drive, urge
Derived terms
- pulsion de mort
Related terms
- pousser
Further reading
- “pulsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- upsilon