cacoëtheses

noun

plural of cacoëthes
as in urges

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  1. passions
  2. desires
  3. problems
  4. drives
  5. appetites
  6. compulsions
  7. enthusiasms
  8. trips
Noun
  • Informing your supporters that their problems are the result of a shadowy cabal of billionaire conspirators tends to unleash passions that can be difficult to control.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • As a result, companies mostly teamed up with social media accounts focused on sports teams and leagues, playing into fan passions.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of passions
Noun
  • With the current political climate, Love sees the hopelessness in the world and took it upon herself to create room for people to be a part of a community that desires to curate a safe space.
    — Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
  • That panel voted last week in favor of removing restrictions on six peptides marketed for everything from wound healing to opioid withdrawal — exactly the outcome Kennedy desires, provided by people with a direct financial stake in delivering it.
    — A.J. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026
Definition of desires
Noun
  • Its answer is that enough outside researchers will catch problems.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Any adult experiencing persistent memory problems should get a clinical evaluation, which is the gateway to blood test eligibility.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Definition of problems
Noun
  • In his email, Berney suggested that the thieves were probably just selling the drives for scrap.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • How to give The Red Cross offers a map of blood drives by zip code.
    — Eva Flowe July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of drives
Noun
  • The data centers’ appetites, however, aren’t fully sated with power alone.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Snack manufacturers and alcohol producers are facing the prospect of reduced appetites.
    — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
Definition of appetites
Noun
  • The real question is whether Pennsylvania and cities like Pittsburgh want skill games and other gambling opportunities to be widespread and unavoidable for people who struggle with compulsions to gamble.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
  • These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Definition of compulsions
Noun
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of enthusiasms
Noun
  • Patrick Michaud, a police spokesperson, said Thursday that Barnes has made four trips to Chicago this year and spent about 18 days in total traveling there.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • For Chesney, who grew accustomed to long bus trips while coaching at the lowest levels of college, UCLA’s luxury travel, by comparison, seems manageable.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of trips
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“Cacoëtheses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caco%C3%ABtheses. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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