appetency

ap·pe·ten·cy

noun \-tən(t)-sē\

plural ap·pe·ten·cies

Definition of APPETENCY

: a fixed and strong desire : appetite

— ap·pe·tent \-tənt\ adjective

Examples of APPETENCY

1. <television commercials create appetency for products that the consumer may not have known even existed>

Origin of APPETENCY

Latin appetentia, from appetent-, appetens, present participle of appetere

First Known Use: 1611

Related to APPETENCY

Synonyms: desire, appetite, craving, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen

Related Words: compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal; liking, love, taste, weakness; eagerness, impatience; want, wish; necessity, need, requirement; obsession; acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity; cacoëthes, mania

Near Antonyms: abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

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