pulsion

See also: pulsión

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulsion, from Latin pulsio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌlʃn̩/

Noun

pulsion (plural pulsions)

1. (now rare) The act of driving forward; propulsion. [from 17th c.]
   • 2020 [2019], Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 99:

     The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet communities, where toxic pulsions of identification and disidentification generate passionate solidarities and sudden explosions of hostilities.

2. (psychoanalysis) A subconscious drive or impulse. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• Poulins, unspoil, upsilon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulsiōnem, from pulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyl.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

pulsion f (plural pulsions)

1. (psychology) drive, urge

Derived terms

• pulsion de mort

Related terms

• pousser

Further reading

• “pulsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• upsilon