Appetency1. (n.) Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
2. (n.) Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
3. (n.) Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
Thesaurus Entries
acrimony, afflatus, aim, ambition, anima, animating spirit, animation, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, appetence, appetency, appetite, aptitude, aspiration, bad blood, bent, bias, bitter feeling, bitterness, cast, character, choice, command, conation, conatus, constitution, counsel, decision, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, diathesis, discretion, discrimination, disposition, divine afflatus, eccentricity, effect, elan vital, enlivenment, exhilaration, fancy, feud, fire, firing, fixed purpose, free choice, free will, function, genius, grain, grudge, hard feelings, hostility, idea, idiosyncrasy, ill blood, ill feeling, ill will, inclination, individualism, infection, infusion, inspiration, intendment, intent, intention, kidney, leaning, liking, lust, make, makeup, meaning, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, motive, moving spirit, nature, nisus, objective, passion, plan, pleasure, pneuma, point, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, project, propensity, proposal, prospectus, psyche, purpose, rancor, resolution, resolve, sake, set, sexual desire, slant, soreness, sourness, spirit, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, striving, study, temper, temperament, tendency, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, velleity, vendetta, venom, view, virulence, vital force, vitriol, volition, warp, will, will power, wish