concupiscence

Meanings

Plural: concupiscences

Noun

a desire for sexual intimacy
An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
the desire of a person's lower appetite, contrary to reason, which subjugates and inclines them to experience temptation and to give in to sin, due to the Fall and original sin.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin concupiscentia, from concupīscō (“I desire strongly, I desire eagerly; I covet”).

Synonyms

eros, physical attraction, sexual desire

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