antimotivation
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Late Latin moveō Late Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English antimotivation From anti- + motivation.
- derived from -ationbor
- derived from -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder
- derived from motifder
- derived from anti- Anglo-Norman motifder
Definitions
Active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated.
- Having been driven all their days into an active antimotivation, and finding motivation is the absolute prerequisite for beginning real American life, they cannot begin[…]
- With this, undermotivation turns to antimotivation; failures accumulate and their emotional threshold goes down. Instead of trying harder they start to rebel.
- Thus, no motivation is generated in the student to apply the new skills; on the contrary, antimotivation is sometimes aroused.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for antimotivation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA