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drive (noun)

French translation: tendance à la coopération

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English term or phrase:	drive to cooperation
French translation:	tendance à la coopération
Entered by:	Stéphanie Soudais

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09:10 Dec 5, 2006

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English term or phrase: drive (noun)

Bonjour, plusieurs occurences dans le texte ci-dessous, et je ne parviens pas à trouver le terme adéquat

Certainly, aggressiveness exists in nature, but there is also a healthy non-ruthless competition, and there exists very strong **drives** toward social and cooperative behaviour. These forces do not operate independently but together as a whole, and the evidence strongly indicates that, in the social and biological development of all living creatures, of all these **drives, the drive** to cooperation is the most important. It is probably that man owes more to the operation of this principle than to any other in his own biological and social evolution.

Stéphanie Soudais KudoZ activity Questions: 1086 (none open) (93 closed without grading) Answers: 2785 France
Local time: 07:36

tendance

Explanation:
besoin

Selected response from:

Valérie Cromphaut
Belgium
Local time: 07:36

Grading comment

je me range à l'avis de la majorité...merci !
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Summary of answers provided

3 +5

tendance

Valérie Cromphaut

4 +2

inclination

Charles Gounouf

penchant

Gat

3 +1

pulsion/désir/effort

Albertine Lucas

instinct

Joelle Bouille

soif pour /aspiration / appétit / élan /disposition /inclination /goût pour

danièle davout

Discussion entries: 1

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

tendance

Explanation:
besoin

Valérie Cromphaut
Belgium
Local time: 07:36
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

je me range à l'avis de la majorité...merci !

3 mins confidence:

instinct

Explanation:

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-12-05 09:20:04 GMT)
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http://www.unice.fr/LAMIC/S�minaire05-06_Un argument.html:
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Sans doute un ***instinct de coopération*** incommensurablement plus impérieux qu’au sein des autres espèces

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Note added at 12 mins (2006-12-05 09:22:17 GMT)
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Peut-on posséder plusieurs instincts ? Oui. Instinct de survie, instinct de préservation, instinct de coopération ...

Joelle Bouille
Local time: 07:36
Native speaker of:

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: j'y avais pensé, mais je me demandais si l'on pouvait posséder plusieurs instincts..

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

pulsion/désir/effort

Explanation:
autres idées

j'aime bien "tendance" également, mais je trouve ce terme un peu moins fort que le mot anglais...

Albertine Lucas
France
Local time: 07:36
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

1 hr confidence:

soif pour /aspiration / appétit / élan /disposition /inclination /goût pour

Explanation:
...

danièle davout
Local time: 06:36
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

inclination

Explanation:
ou penchant / désir

Charles Gounouf
France
Local time: 07:36
Native speaker of:

French

4 hrs confidence:

penchant

Explanation:
Dans le sens de "inclination naturelle" ou alors, disposition.
Bonne chance.

Gat
Local time: 07:36
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 11

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