motivation :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

motive, need

n. 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"

compulsion, obsession

n. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

inducement, incentive

n. a positive motivational influence

provocation, incitation, incitement

n. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

ground, reason

n. a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"

impulse, urge, irrational impulse

n. a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble"

drive

n. the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

initiative, enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead

n. readiness to embark on bold new ventures

ambition, ambitiousness

n. a strong drive for success

purpose, intention

n. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal; "his intentions are entirely honorable"

awakening, wakening

n. the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"

excitation, excitement

n. something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day"

excitement, exhilaration

n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

stirring, inspiration

n. arousing to a particular emotion or action

suggestion, prompting

n. persuasion formulated as a suggestion

boost, encouragement

n. the act of giving hope or support to someone

reassurance

n. the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

urging

n. the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging

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