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pulsion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈpʌlʃn̩/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulsion, from Latin pulsio.

Meanings

(archaic) The act of driving forward; propulsion.
- The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet communities, where toxic pulsions of identification and disidentification generate passionate solidarities and sudden explosions of hostilities. 2020 [2019], Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 99:
A subconscious drive or impulse.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
pulsions	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

retropulsion · lateropulsion

Translations (1)

es pulsión (Translations)