conative

• connative

From Latin conatio (“an act of attempting”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊn.ə.tɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊn.ə.tɪv/

conative (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a striving action.

   Synonym: conational

• conation
• conativism

conative (plural conatives)

1. (grammar) An utterance that implies striving.

   The conative, as opposed to the cognitive or affective, relates to purposeful, but not necessarily ultimately rational, action.

• cognitive
• affective
• motor

• “conative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Caviteño, invocate

• IPA^(key): /ko.naˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: co‧na‧tì‧ve

conative

1. feminine plural of conativo

• invocate, nevicato, vociante