SINCE 1828
conatus
noun
co·na·tus
| \kōˈnātəs, -nät-\
plural conatus
Definition of conatus
: a natural tendency, impulse, or striving : conation —used in Spinozism with reference to the inclination of a thing to persist in its own being
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