CACOËTHESES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

cacoëtheses

noun

plural of cacoëthes

as in urges

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Noun

Polite, slightly puzzling debates over the merits of using concrete in Africa muffle the period’s scalding passions and incandescent dreams.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
Now, about six months after Dane’s death, Gayheart is staying strong and pursuing her passions, even in the wake of her grief.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of passions

Noun

Later, the Moon opposes powerful Pluto in Aquarius, creating tension between individual desires and what a group expects.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
In December 2025, the WSL ran a research project to try to better understand the desires of their fanbase.

— Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of desires

Noun

Programs such as HyCAT are intended to provide more frequent opportunities to test technologies in realistic flight conditions, potentially allowing developers to identify problems earlier and iterate more quickly.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The court also said any problems caused by the timing of the ruling is the fault of the secretary of state, who waited eight months before making a decision on the ballot initiative.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of problems

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RedZone is the whip-around program that jumps around the slate to cover scoring drives.

— Takashi Williams, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Former Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels, now with Tampa Bay, led two second-half touchdown drives to erase a 9-0 deficit and hand the Chiefs their second preseason loss.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of drives

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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

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