pulsion

noun — 2 senses

pulsion

noun

UK /ˈpʌlʃn̩/

Etymology Borrowed from French pulsion, from Latin pulsio.

1

Archaic The act of driving forward; propulsion.

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.2020 [2019], Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 99:

2

Human sciences, Medicine, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Sciences A subconscious drive or impulse.

Derived terms: lateropulsion, retropulsion

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