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Motivation   /mˌoʊtəvˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Motivation

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: motive, need.  "He acted with the best of motives"
2.
The condition of being motivated.
3.
The act of motivating; providing incentive.  Synonym: motivating.



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"Motivation" Quotes from Famous Books



... stunts that he cannot do, dress, or behave better, use better language, keep better company, and thus find my triumph and revenge. A man rejected or scorned by a woman sometimes makes a great man of himself, with the motivation more or less developed to make her sorry or humiliated. Anger may prompt a man to go in to win his enemy's girl. A taunt or an insult sometimes spurs the victim of it to towering ambition to show the world and especially the abuser ...
— The Journal of Abnormal Psychology - Volume 10


Words linked to "Motivation" :   human action, act, need, status, human activity, morality, morals, deed, condition, motivate, life, urge, ethics, psychological feature, impulse, ethical motive, rational motive, psychic energy, irrational motive, mental energy


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