motivating
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of motivating; providing incentive
Types & categories
- human action hypernym
Related & opposite
- prompt derivation
- motivating derivation
- motivational derivation
Sense 2 adjective
impelling to action
it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function
Related & opposite
- motivation derivation
- motivating derivation
- prompt derivation
- causative similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivating |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivational |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivating |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | causative |