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Conative

/ˈkəʊn.ə.tɪv/

Of or pertaining to a striving action.

📖 Definitions of "Conative"

adjective

1
Of or pertaining to a striving action.
"The conative, as opposed to the cognitive or affective, relates to purposeful, but not necessarily ultimately rational, action."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
connativenoun	Alternative form of conative. [Of or pertaining to a striving action.]
affectual	Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
connotationalnoun	Of or pertaining to connotation.
volitivenoun	(uncountable, linguistics) A verb form found in certain languages which indicates that a certain action is willed, although it may not be performed in fact.
conceptive	relating to conception (in all senses)
actional	Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.
tendential	Of or relating to a tendency.
propensive	Having or relating to a propensity toward something.
contentional	Of or relating to contention.
connotatory	Serving to connote.
cogitative	Of, pertaining to, inclined to or capable of cogitation.
constructive	Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
incitivenoun	tending to incite
consummatory	Pertaining to consummation; consummative.
motionalnoun	Of or pertaining to motion.
conceptional	Relating to a concept, idea, or thought. (More often, conceptual.)
conjugative	Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
wertrationalnoun	(philosophy, of an action) Pursued because of reasons or motives intrinsic to the actor.
actual	Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
motivatory	Of or relating to motivation.