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/mˌoʊtəvˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

motivation n.

The act or process of motivating.

The mental process that arouses an organism to action; as, a large part of a teacher's job is to give students the motivation to learn on their own.

Synonyms: motive, need.

The goal or mental image of a goal that creates a motivation (2); as, the image of a peaceful world is a powerful motivation for only a rare few individuals.

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Etymology of 'Motivation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Motivation" Quotes from Famous Books

... we are accustomed to suppose they do. Whenever anybody assures us that he is able to assert absolutely, though not altogether prove a thing, this assurance may be variously grounded, but not rarely it is no more than one of these false correlations. Schopenhauer has said, that "motivation is causality seen from within,''—and one may add conversely that causality is motivation seen from without. What is asserted must be motivated, and that is done by means of causality—if no real ultimate cause is found a false, superficial and insufficient one is adopted, ...

— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

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— The Case of Mrs. Clive • Catherine Clive

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