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motivation
Overview of noun motivation
The noun motivation has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) motivation, motive, need -- (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")
2. motivation -- (the condition of being motivated; "his motivation was at a high level")
3. motivation, motivating -- (the act of motivating; providing incentive)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun motivation
3 senses of motivation
Sense 1
motivation, motive, need
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
motivation
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
motivation, motivating
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun motivation
1 of 3 senses of motivation
Sense 1
motivation, motive, need
=> life
=> rational motive
=> irrational motive
=> urge, impulse
=> ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
=> psychic energy, mental energy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun motivation
3 senses of motivation
Sense 1
motivation, motive, need
=> psychological feature
Sense 2
motivation
=> condition, status
Sense 3
motivation, motivating
=> act, human action, human activity
Antonyms of noun motivation
Member Holonyms of noun motivation
Substance Holonyms of noun motivation
Part Holonyms of noun motivation
Member Meronyms of noun motivation
Substance Meronyms of noun motivation
Part Meronyms of noun motivation
Meronyms of noun motivation
Holonyms of noun motivation
Attributes of noun motivation
Derived Forms of noun motivation
3 senses of motivation
Sense 1
motivation, motive, need
RELATED TO>(adj) motivational#1
=> motivational
RELATED TO>(verb) motivate#1
=> motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
Sense 2
motivation
RELATED TO>(adj) motivational#1
=> motivational
RELATED TO>(verb) motivate#1
=> motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
Sense 3
motivation, motivating
RELATED TO>(adj) motivational#1
=> motivational
RELATED TO>(verb) motivate#1
=> motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
Domain of noun motivation
Domain Terms of noun motivation
Familiarity of noun motivation
motivation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun motivation
3 senses of motivation
Sense 1
motivation, motive, need
> psychological feature
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> motivation, motive, need
=> event
Sense 2
motivation
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 3
motivation, motivating
> act, human action, human activity
=> action
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> leaning
=> motivation, motivating
=> assumption
=> rejection
=> forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
=> derivation
=> activity
=> hire
=> wear, wearing
=> judgment, judgement, assessment
=> production
=> stay
=> residency, residence, abidance
=> inactivity
=> hindrance, hinderance, interference
=> stop, stoppage
=> group action
=> distribution
=> legitimation
=> waste, permissive waste
=> proclamation, promulgation
=> communication, communicating
=> speech act
Meronyms of noun motivation
3 senses of motivation
Holonyms of noun motivation
Grep of noun motivation
motivation
Grep of adj motivation
motivational
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