Usually means: Relating to will or striving.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word conative:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. conative: Merriam-Webster
  2. conative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. conative: Collins English Dictionary
  4. conative: Wordnik
  5. conative: Wiktionary
  6. conative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. conative: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Conative, conative: Dictionary.com
  9. Conative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. conative: FreeDictionary.org
  11. conative: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. conative: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Conative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. conative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. conative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (conative)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to a striving action.
▸ noun:  (grammar) An utterance that implies striving.

Similar:
connative, affectual, connotational, volitive, conceptive, actional, tendential, propensive, contentional, connotatory, more...

Opposite:
cognitive, affective, emotional, perceptual

Types:
desiderative, dynamic, motivational, volitional, more...

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Similar:
connative, affectual, connotational, volitive, conceptive, actional, tendential, propensive, contentional, connotatory, more...

Opposite:
cognitive, affective, emotional, perceptual

Types:
desiderative, dynamic, motivational, volitional, more...



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