Meaning of CONCUPISCENCE
| Pronunciation: | | kân'kyoopisuns
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a desire for sexual intimacy |
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| | Synonyms: | | physical attraction, sexual desire |
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| | See Also: | | amativeness, amorousness, anaphrodisia, aphrodisia, desire, eroticism, erotism, lecherousness, libido, love, lust, lustfulness, nymphomania, passion, satyriasis, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, sexiness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*cu"pis*cence\, n. [F., fr. L.
concupiscentia.]
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness.
--Horne.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col. 3:5 (R.V., "desire"). The "lust of concupiscence" (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., "passion of lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin. |
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| | Related Terms: | | andromania, animality, aphrodisia, ardor, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, curiosity, desideration, desire, dirtiness, drive, eagerness, eromania, eroticism, eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fancy, fantasy, fleshliness, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, hope, horme, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality, intellectual curiosity, itch, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, libidinousness, libido, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lust for learning, lustfulness, mind, need, nymphomania, obscenity, passion, pleasure, pleasure principle, polymorphous perversity, prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, thirst for knowledge, urge, uteromania, venereal appetite, want, wanting, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment |
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