appetition means A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
APPETITION — [Noun] A directed, active longing; the conscious striving of the will toward an object. From the Latin appetītiō, meaning "a longing or desire," from appetere ("to strive after, desire"). Unlike “appetite,” which narrows desire to a physical craving, or “volition,” which elevates to a decisive act of will, appetition is the quiet engine of yearning that hums between instinct and choice—the vector of the soul before it becomes an act. It is the migratory bird charting its course by an unseen star, the scholar’s midnight pull toward a neglected text, and the specific ache upon hearing a distant train whistle in the summer dark—the soul’s unspoken gravity, drawing it toward a completion it cannot name.
noun
- A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.“Aristotle: The Politics, T. A. Sinclair (trans.), Book 3 Ch 14, Par 1287a10, Penguin Group 1962.
Hence law is intelligence without appetition.”