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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Desire conceptualized as a generative force rather than a mere lack of something. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Calque from French production désirante, which was coined by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their book Anti-Œdipus (1972).

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