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ADIENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adience mean? 

ADIENCE (noun)
  The noun ADIENCE has 1 sense:

1. (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an objectplay

  Familiarity information: ADIENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADIENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("adience" is a kind of...):

impulse; urge (an instinctive motive)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Antonym:

abience ((psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object)

Derivation:

adient (characterized by acceptance or approach)


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