motivation

noun
/ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃən/UK/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 From motive (verb) + -ation, probably after French motivation and German Motivation.

  1. derived from Motivation
  2. derived from motivation

Definitions

  1. Willingness of action especially in behavior.

  2. The action of motivating.

  3. Something which motivates.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. An incentive or reason for doing something.

    2. A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial…

      A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.

      • The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at motivation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at motivation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at motivation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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