'Motivation' definitions:
Definition of 'motivation'
(from WordNet)
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"; "he acted with the best of motives" [syn: motivation, motive, need]
noun
The condition of being motivated; "his motivation was at a high level"
noun
The act of motivating; providing incentive [syn: motivation, motivating]
Definition of 'Motivation'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'motivation'
From: GCIDE
- motivation \motivation\ n.
- 1. The act or process of motivating. [PJC]
- 2. 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.
- Syn: motive, need. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 3. 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. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'motivation'
From: Moby 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