nisus

noun /ˈnaɪ.səs/

1. A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.

   uncountable

   The godly personality of a higher order, as the telos of the nisus of moral categoriality, is the sensus plenior of the nisus to a universal communalization of perspectives.

2. The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.

   uncountable

Where it comes from

From Latin nīsus (“pressure, exertion”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry nisus (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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