motivation
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
we did not understand his motivation
Types & categories
- psychological feature hypernym
- life hyponym
- rational motive hyponym
- irrational motive hyponym
- impulse hyponym
- ethics hyponym
- psychic energy hyponym
Related & opposite
- prompt derivation
- motivating derivation
- motivational derivation
Sense 2 noun
the condition of being motivated
his motivation was at a high level
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
Related & opposite
- prompt derivation
- motivational derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of motivating; providing incentive
Types & categories
- human action hypernym
Related & opposite
- prompt derivation
- motivating derivation
- motivational derivation
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 | psychological feature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | life |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rational motive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irrational motive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impulse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethics |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychic energy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivational |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivating |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivational |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |