Motivation

Noun

 * 1) Willingness of action especially in behavior
 * 2) The action of motivating.
 * 3) Something which motivates.
 * 4) An incentive or reason for doing something.
 * 5)  a research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

Adjectives for Motivation
subtle; verbal; sudden; adequate; overpowering; mystic; dramatic; incarnate; natural; irrepressible; sustaining; feeble; ennobling; passionate; revolutionary; indescribable; internal; nervous; legitimate; feverish; throbbing; vigorous; preliminary; incessant; recurrent; inner; intellectual; righteous.

Verbs for Motivation
derive—from; foster—; gain—; kill—; presage—; preserve—; restore—; suppress—; —cheers; —flags; —rallies.

Thesaurus
activity, actuation, animation, aptitude, aptness, brightness, catalyst, cleverness, direction, docility, dynamics, educability, facility, going, impetus, impressionability, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, influence, inner-direction, instigation, intelligence, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy, kinetics, malleability, mobilization, moldability, motion, move, movement, moving, other-direction, plasticity, pliability, prompting, quickness, readiness, receptivity, restlessness, running, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stir, stirring, susceptibility, teachability, teachableness, trainableness, unrest, velocity, willingness

Etymology
motive:, from the verb moveo:, + -ation:

Derived terms

 * intrinsic motivation
 * extrinsic motivation

Translations

 * Catalan: motivació
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 推動力, 推动力
 * Croatian:
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 * German:
 * Greek: προθυμία
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: motivasjon
 * Russian:
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 * Catalan: motivació
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 * Finnish:


 * Catalan: motivació


 * Croatian:


 * Catalan: motivació
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 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Catalan: motivació

Noun

 * 1) motivation
 * 2) incentive

Etymology
From motivation:.

Synonyms

 * motivering

Related terms

 * motiv
 * motivere
 * motiveret

Noun

 * 1) motivation

Noun

 * 1) motivation; willingness of action