motivazione

Definitions of motivazione
  1. noun
    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
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    vita
    a motive for living
    ragionamento, ragione
    a rational motive for a belief or action
    impulso, istinto, stimolo
    a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
    edonismo
    the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
    coscienza
    motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
    istigazione
    something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
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    stato mentale, stato psicologico
    a feature of the mental life of a living organism
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