appetency

noun

ap·pe·ten·cy | \-tən(t)-sē

\

plural appetencies

Definition of appetency

: a fixed and strong desire : appetite

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television commercials create appetency for products that the consumer may not have known even existed

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The first known use of appetency was in 1611

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