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mismotivate

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- 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 *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English motivate English mismotivate From mis- + motivate.

  1. derived from -ate English motivate English mismotivate From mis- + motivate
  2. derived from motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor
  3. derived from -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder
  4. derived from *moweō Late Latin moveō Late Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder✻
  5. derived from motifder
  6. derived from *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Anglo-Norman motifder✻
  7. derived from *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der✻

Definitions

  1. To motivate toward the wrong goal.

    • We who are supposed to direct the skill learning of students bear a heavy responsibility here. We should motivate — not mis'''motivate; direct — not misdirect.
    • It is confusion between having a fixed nature and having a fixed future that mismotivates the anguish over determinism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA