Meaning of Striving | Babel Free
ˈstɹaɪvɪŋExamples
“Repudiating the excessive sexualism of Freud and insisting upon the importance of the food-seeking impulse, especially in childhood, he regards all the primary impulses as differentiations of one fundamental energy, the life force⟳ which sustains all our strivings, both conscious and unconscious […]”
“Sexual virility, coital potency rides high and arrogant over the commercial, artistic, social strivings of contemporary society[.]”
“Do we really want⟳ all those strivings and contrivings—all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain⟳ invisible?”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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