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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 object
Familiarity information: ADIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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