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单词 acturience
释义

acturiencen.

Brit. /akˈtʃʊərɪəns/, U.S. /ækˈtʃʊriəns/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin āct- , agere , esurience n.
Etymology: < classical Latin āct-, past participial stem of agere to act (see act v.) + -urience (probably in esurience n.). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆ktiūə·riĕns) /ækˈtjʊərɪəns/.
Philosophy. Now rare.
Desire to act.
ΚΠ
a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) xiii. 301 Acturience or desire of action..is quite as much a fact of human nature as any kind of want or need.
1919 Mind 28 438 τὸ θυμοειδές is the source of θυμός or spirit, it is the principle of self-assertiveness and acturience.
1935 H. W. B. Joseph Ess. Anc. & Mod. Philos. iii. 68 The man in whom acturience is powerful is likely to be combative and..to love power.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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