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Synonyms for motivation
ˌmoʊ təˈveɪ ʃənmo·ti·va·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
motivation, motive, neednoun
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"; "he acted with the best of motives"
Synonyms:
indigence, need, motivating, demand, pauperization, want, motive, pauperism, motif, penurymotivationnoun
the condition of being motivated
"his motivation was at a high level"
Synonyms:
motive, need, motivatingmotivation, motivatingnoun
the act of motivating; providing incentive
Synonyms:
motive, need, motivating
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "motivation":
motive, motivational, motivations, incentive, motivator, motivated, motivating, reasoning, reason, reasons, impetus, rationale
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#1246 | reason | |
#1829 | demand | |
#2204 | reasons | |
#7212 | incentive | |
#7769 | motivation | |
#8923 | reasoning | |
#9562 | motivated | |
#11652 | rationale | |
#13930 | motif | |
#14393 | motivational | |
#16875 | motive | |
#24242 | motivating | |
#24456 | motivations | |
#26441 | impetus | |
#50607 | motivator | |
#168469 | penury | |
#210874 | indigence | |
#316503 | pauperism |
How to use motivation in a sentence?
But I do know that the idea of externalizing motivation is a long-standing, evidence-based mechanism for managing ADHD.
It was like no one really understood the pain and the challenges I was going through, it got worse and worse and worse and worse till it all boiled over... I remember in the morning, just going through the motions, kind of being in a daze, having things to do, but not really having any motivation or any care to really get anything done. Read More.
People who are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful and feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Some psychologists call it a conflict between ego-orientation, or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation... but in all cases, what counts is whether attention is turned away from the task at hand and focused on the self and its future rewards, or whether it is instead trained on the task itself. The latter attitude seems the more fruitful.
That may give more pressure and motivation for the Senate to do the right thing and come together.
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
Translations for motivation
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- حافزArabic
- motivacióCatalan, Valencian
- motivaceCzech
- MotivationGerman
- προθυμία, κίνητροGreek
- motivadoEsperanto
- motivaciónSpanish
- motivaatioFinnish
- motivationFrench
- motivasiIndonesian
- 動機Japanese
- motusLatin
- motivasiMalay
- motivasjonNorwegian
- motivação, motivoPortuguese
- motivațieRomanian
- мотивацияRussian
- motivácija, мотива́цијаSerbo-Croatian
- motivationSwedish
- motivasyonTurkish
- حوصلہ افزائیUrdu
- 動機Chinese
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