appetitive

comparative more appetitive · superlative most appetitive

1. Having the quality of desiring gratification.

   appetitive signals

   2 more examples

   appetitive behavior

   This is a novel that puts gay liberation to the test. It places before us the complex reality of a life of appetitive, atomistic sexuality. It calls into question all the optimism we ever felt about the liberating potential of free sexual expression, in particular, its redemptive potential for rich, white men.

   1988 December 11, Tim Walton, “The Novel That Puts Gay Male Liberation — Through Sex — To The Test”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 9

   Synonyms: desiring