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pulsione

drive (instinct, urge)

noun pool-SYOH-neh Rare

Also means

impulse

Usage Note

Pulsione is a Freudian/psychoanalytic term, the Italian rendering of the German Trieb (drive) — distinct from istinto (instinct) in clinical usage. It is feminine in gender despite the seed listing it as masculine: la pulsione is correct. Plural: le pulsioni.

Examples

"La pulsione di vita è fondamentale per Freud."

Natural Translation

The life drive is fundamental for Freud.

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