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
  • Awards-and-rhinestone-laden superstar with an arsenal of hit records, a string of memorable movie performances, her own theme park, business empire and philanthropic passions.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Leo Tolstoy’s masterful epic—or one of them, at least—is about one woman’s scandals, passions, and ultimate tragedy, all set amid the tumult of late-19th century Russia.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of passions
Noun
  • King Charles and his heir, Prince William, have long wanted, and taken steps to create, a streamlined royal family — one more in keeping with the modern world and the often-conflicting desires of the British public.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Wild finds a group of mostly early 20-somethings toasting to causing trouble and giving in to their desires as the youngest member, Yoonchae Jeung, turns 18.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of desires
Noun
  • The app now allows tipsters to report 46 specific kinds of park problems, instead of just submitting general parks complaints.
    — Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Promotion problems in the department Kennon also alleges department decisions about assignments and promotions ultimately left her unable to compete for a captain position.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of problems
Noun
  • The company and the team will also organize school supply drives, holiday events, youth camps, and football clinics throughout the year.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Panthers also kept the first-team out of the end zone in one of their two drives that started in the red zone.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of drives
Noun
  • And the outlook for future profits is strong, if fans’ appetites are any gauge.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But in the eyes of investors, the robot maker is the more exciting bet, as appetites shift to AI and hardware, and away from e-commerce and internet platforms.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 Aug. 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
  • Travel data shows the average group size for trips has decreased since COVID-19 began.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • After sleeping on a bus bench and a few trips to the hospital, Lugo landed at Holliday's Helping Hands, or HHH, a network of interim housing facilities started by nurse practitioner Katina Holliday.
    — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of trips
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