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adient

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[ad-ee-uhnt] / ˌæd i ənt /

adjective

Psychology.

  1. tending to move toward a stimulus.

Etymology

Origin of adient

< Latin adient- (stem of adiēns approaching, present participle of adīre ), equivalent to ad- ad- + -i- go + -ent- -ent

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