irascible appetite

noun

The emotional drive or capacity to overcome difficulties, fight against obstacles, or resist threats; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the concupiscible appetite.

Opposite
concupiscible appetite
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Meanings

nounirascible appetite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe emotional drive or capacity to overcome difficulties, fight against obstacles, or resist threats; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the concupiscible appetite.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
concupiscible appetite
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Chicago

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