Meaning
drive, urge
- an instinctive, subconscious drive or impulse, especially in psychology
- a sudden powerful urge or compulsion
In a sentence
La psicoanalisi studia le pulsioni inconsce che influenzano le nostre scelte.
Psychoanalysis studies the unconscious drives that influence our choices.
Non sempre è facile dominare le proprie pulsioni primordiali.
It is not always easy to master one's primal urges.
L'artista sosteneva che ogni sua opera nasceva da una pulsione irrefrenabile.
The artist maintained that each of his works arose from an uncontrollable urge.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pulsione | feminine · singular |
| pulsioni | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- A technical term in psychoanalysis (translating Freud's 'Trieb'), distinct from conscious desire ('desiderio').