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orectic
[ aw-rek-tik, oh-rek- ]
adjective
Philosophy.
- of or relating to desire; appetitive.
orectic
/ ɒˈɛɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the desires
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orectic1
C18: from Greek orektikos causing desire, from oregein to desire
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In an ascending scale, a plant is an organism with a nutritive soul; an animal is a higher organism with a nutritive, sensitive, orectic and locomotive soul; a man is the highest organism with a nutritive, sensitive, orectic, locomotive and rational soul.
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A rubber dinghy bucks an orectic surf.
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By the like arguments we may show that the principle cannot be irrational soul, whether sensitive, or orectic.
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