the affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act
Derived forms
orectic (ɔˈrektɪk, ouˈrek-)
adjective
Word origin
[1610–20; ‹ L: longing, appetite ‹ Gk órexis desire, equiv. to orég(ein) to desire + -sis-sis]This word is first recorded in the period 1610–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camber, cult, integration, squelch, system
Examples of 'orexis' in a sentence
orexis
It kept me in a continual state of orexis, or irritable longing.