Definitions for conatus

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conatus co·na·tus

Spelling: [koh-ney-tuh s]

IPA: /koʊˈneɪ təs/

Conatus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in conatus (acnostu).

Definitions for conatus

noun

1. an effort or striving.
2. a force or tendency simulating a human effort.
3. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) the force in every animate creature toward the preservation of its existence.

Origin of conatus

1655-65; Latin: exertion, equivalent to cōnā(rī) to attempt + -tus suffix of v. action

Examples for conatus

conatus est omne divortium inter regiam majestatem et reginam dissuadere.

Strange that this great length of time should not have produced even one new organ, or the marks of a conatus to produce one.