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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPulsion
/ˈpʌl.ʃən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A drive or instinctive urge that propels someone to action, particularly in psychoanalytic theory.
"The artist sought to channel her deepest creative pulsion into the canvas." - 2
A physical force or movement of pushing forward.
"The mechanical pulsion of the engine drove the piston forward."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word pulsion, originating from the Latin pulsionem (a driving or pushing), from the verb pellere (to push, drive). It entered English psychoanalytic discourse primarily as a translation of the Freudian term 'Trieb' (drive).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pulsion" is said worldwide
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pulsion
Transliteration: pyl.sjɔ̃
"Il a cédé à une pulsion soudaine."
Trieb
Transliteration: triːp
"Der Mensch wird von verschiedenen Trieben gesteuert."
pulsione
Transliteration: pulˈsjo.ne
"Ha agito seguendo una forte pulsione interiore."
pulsión
Transliteration: pulˈsjon
"La pulsión de vida nos empuja a crear."
pulsão
Transliteration: pulˈsɐ̃w
"A pulsão inconsciente molda grande parte do comportamento."
प्रणोद
Transliteration: pranod
"मनusya में कई मूल प्रणोद होते हैं।"
驱力
Transliteration: qū lì
"精神分析学探讨了潜意识中的驱力。"
충동
Transliteration: chung-dong
"그는 내면의 충동을 예술로 승화시켰다."
欲動
Transliteration: yokudō
"フロイトの理論では、欲動が重要な概念です。"
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