appetitive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to appetite, desire, or the pursuit of gratification

   Plato distinguishes the appetitive part of the soul from reason and spirit.

2. 2
   adj

   in psychology, tending to arouse approach behavior because a stimulus is rewarding

   The experiment measured the rats' appetitive response to the food cue.

Via French appetitif from Medieval Latin appetitivus, based on Latin appetitus ("appetite, desire"), from appetere ("to seek after").

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