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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|impulsif}}, from {{der|en|la|impulsivus}}.
Borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|impulsif}}, from {{der|en|la|impulsivus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impulsive.wav|a=Southern England}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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# Having the power of [[drive|driving]] or [[impel]]ling; giving an [[impulse]]; [[moving]]; [[impellent]].
# Having the power of [[drive|driving]] or [[impel]]ling; giving an [[impulse]]; [[moving]]; [[impellent]].
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#* {{RQ:Prior Alma|passage=Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some '''impulsive''' force obey.}}
#* {{rfdatek|lang=en|Prior}}
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# [[actuate|Actuated]] by [[impulse]] or by [[transient]] feelings; [[inclined#Adjective|inclined]] to [[make#Verb|make]] [[rapid#Adjective|rapid]] [[decision]]s without [[due#Adjective|due]] [[consideration]].
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#*: Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some '''impulsive''' force obey.
#: {{synonyms|en|hasty|precipitant|rash}}
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# [[actuate|Actuated]] by [[impulse]] or by [[transient]] feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
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#* {{RQ:Longfellow Evangeline|passage=my heart, '''impulsive''' and wayward}}
#* {{rfdatek|lang=en|Longfellow}}
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#*: my heart, '''impulsive''' and wayward
# {{lb|en|mechanics}} Acting [[momentarily]], or by impulse; not [[continuous]] – said of [[force]]s.
# {{lb|en|mechanics}} Acting [[momentarily]], or by impulse; not [[continuous]] – said of [[force]]s.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|impulsive speech}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
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* {{l|en|impulsiveness}}
* {{l|en|impulsiveness}}
* {{l|en|impulsor}}
* {{l|en|impulsor}}
* {{l|en|impulsory}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent}}
{{trans-top|having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|impulsief}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|възбуждащ}}, {{t+|bg|задвижващ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|възбуждащ}}, {{t+|bg|задвижващ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impulsiu}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impulsiu}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|impulsivní}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|impulsivní}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|impulsief}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|impulsief}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|impulsiva}}, {{t|eo|impulsema}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|impulsiivinen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|impulsiivinen}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|impulsif}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|impulsivo}}, {{t|pt|impelente}}, {{t|pt|impulsor}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|impulsivo}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|impulsivo}}, {{t|pt|impelente}}, {{t|pt|impulsor}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|impulsiv}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|impulsiv}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|импульси́вный}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|импульси́вный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|spreigearra}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|spreigearra}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|impulsivo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|impulsivo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fevri}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|actuated by impulse or by transient feelings}}
{{trans-top|actuated by impulse or by transient feelings}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|impulsief}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|импулсен}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|импулсен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impulsiu}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impulsiu}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|怦|tr=pēng|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|衝動|tr=chōngdòng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|impulsivní}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|impulsivní}}
* Danish: {{t|da|impulsiv}}
* Danish: {{t|da|impulsiv}}
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|facilanima}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|facilanima}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|impulsiivinen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|impulsiivinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|impulsif}}
* German: {{t+|de|impulsiv}}
* German: {{t+|de|impulsiv}}
* Greek:
{{trans-mid}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὁρμητικός}}
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* Icelandic: {{t|is|hvatvís}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|impulsiva}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|impulsiva}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tobann}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|impulsivo}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|충동적인}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|충동적인}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ohia}}, {{t|mi|manawarere}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ohia}}, {{t|mi|manawarere}}
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*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|impulsiv}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|impulsiv}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|impulsiv}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|impulsiv}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|impulsivo}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|impulsivo}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|impulsiv}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|impulsiv}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|импульси́вный}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|импульси́вный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|spreigearra}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|spreigearra}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|impulsivo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fevri}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|(mechanics) acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous}}
{{trans-top|(mechanics) acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|impulsief}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|импулсен}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|импулсен}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|impulsivní}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|impulsivní}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|impulsief}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|impulsief}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|äkillinen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|äkillinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|impulsif}}
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* German: {{t+|de|impulsiv}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|impulsivo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|impulsivo}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|highly reactive; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration}}
{{trans-top|highly reactive; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|impulsief}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|импулсивен}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|импулсивен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impulsiu}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|impulsiu}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|impulsiv}}
* Danish: {{t|da|impulsiv}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|impulsief}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|impulsief}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|impulsiĝema}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|äkkipikainen}}, {{t+|fi|impulsiivinen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|äkkipikainen}}, {{t+|fi|impulsiivinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|impulsif}}
* German: {{t+|de|impulsiv}}
* German: {{t+|de|impulsiv}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|impulsebla}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takahorohoro}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takahorohoro}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|impulsivo}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دلی|tr=deli}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|impulsivo}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|spreigearra}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|spreigearra}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|impulsivo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
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* French: {{t+check|fr|impulsif}}
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* German: {{t+check|de|impulsiv}}
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* Icelandic: {{t-check|is|hvatvís}}
{{trans-mid}}
* {{ttbc|it}}: [[impulsivo#Italian|impulsivo]] (1,2,3)
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* Spanish: {{t+check|es|impulsivo}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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# That which [[impel]]s or gives an [[impulse]]; an impelling [[agent]].
# That which [[impel]]s or gives an [[impulse]]; an impelling [[agent]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1613|author=w:Henry Wotton|title=letter to Edmund Bacon
#: {{rfquotek|Sir W. Wotton}}
|passage=Notwithstanding all which Motives and '''impulsives''' , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms}}
# One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
# One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.


{{C|en|Personality}}
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==French==
==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-impulsive.wav}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{head|fr|adjective form}}
{{head|fr|adjective form}}


# {{feminine singular of|impulsif|lang=fr}}
# {{feminine singular of|fr|impulsif}}

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==German==
==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-impulsive.ogg}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective form}}
{{head|de|adjective form}}


# {{de-inflected form of|impulsiv}}
# {{de-adj form of|impulsiv}}

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==Italian==
==Italian==
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{{head|it|adjective form|g=f-p}}
{{head|it|adjective form|g=f-p}}


# {{feminine plural of|impulsivo|lang=it}}
# {{adj form of|it|impulsivo||f|p}}

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==Latin==
==Latin==


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{la-adj-form|impulsīve}}
{{head|la|adjective form|head=impulsīve}}


# {{inflection of|impulsīvus||voc|m|s|lang=la}}
# {{inflection of|la|impulsīvus||voc|m|s}}


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==Norwegian Bokmål==
==Norwegian Bokmål==


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{nb-adj-form}}
{{head|nb|adjective form}}


# {{inflection of|impulsiv||def|s|and|p|lang=nb}}
# {{inflection of|nb|impulsiv||def:sg//p}}


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==Norwegian Nynorsk==
==Norwegian Nynorsk==


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{nn-adj-form}}
{{head|nn|adjective form}}


# {{inflection of|impulsiv||def|s|and|p|lang=nn}}
# {{inflection of|nn|impulsiv||def:sg//p}}

Latest revision as of 20:47, 21 July 2024

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.

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Adjective

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impulsive (comparative more impulsive, superlative most impulsive)

  1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
    • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:
      Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.
  2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
    Synonyms: hasty, precipitant, rash
  3. (mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.

Derived terms

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Noun

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impulsive (plural impulsives)

  1. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
    • 1613, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon:
      Notwithstanding all which Motives and impulsives , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms
  2. One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.

French

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impulsive

  1. feminine singular of impulsif

German

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impulsive

  1. inflection of impulsiv:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

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impulsive f pl

  1. feminine plural of impulsivo

Latin

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impulsīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of impulsīvus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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impulsive

  1. definite singular/plural of impulsiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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impulsive

  1. definite singular/plural of impulsiv
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