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1. Motivation
   [Sum 41 song] "Motivation" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. It was released in January 2002 as the third single from the album All Killer No Filler. Greig Nori appears on backing vocals. ==Content== The song is about being self-centered, demotivated and being...
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2. motivation
   [n] - the condition of being motivated 2. [n] - the act of motivating 3. [n] - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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3. Motivation
   the driving forces that make people act as they do.
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4. Motivation
   A decision-making process through which the individual selects desired outcomes and sets in motion the behaviours appropriate to acquiring them. Motivation has three main components: energising, directing and sustaining.
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5. motivation
   term employed generally for the phenomena involved in the operation of incentives or drives Category: Medicine
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6. motivation
   Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. motivation
   motive 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; `we did not understand his motivation`; `he acted with the best of motives`
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8. motivation
   motivating noun the act of motivating; providing incentive
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9. motivation
   noun the condition of being motivated; `his motivation was at a high level`
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10. motivation
    forces acting either on or within a person to initiate behaviour. The word is derived from the Latin term motivus (`a moving cause`), which suggests ... [14 related articles]
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11. Motivation
    is the push of the mental forces to accomplish an action. Unsatisfied needs, motivate. On the biological level basic human needs of food, shelter and survival are powerful motivators. On the psychological level people need to be understood, affirmed, validated and appreciated. On the business level ...
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12. Motivation
    Motivation is a term that refers to a process that elicits, controls, and sustains certain behaviors. Motivation is a group of phenomena which affect the nature of an individual`s behaviour, the strength of the behaviour, and the persistence of the behaviour. For instance: An individual has not eat...
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13. Motivation
    The positive or negative needs, goals, desires and forces that impel an individual toward or away from certain actions, activities, objects or conditions. The inner needs and wants of an individual--what affects behavior.
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14. motivation
    motivation, in psychology, the intention of achieving a goal, leading to goal-directed behavior. Some human activity seems to be best explained by postulating an inner directing drive. While a drive is often considered to be an innate biological mechanism that determines the organism's activity (see...
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15. Motivation
    Designation of the totality of motives operative in any given act of volition or of the mechanism of the operation of such motives. See Motive. -- L.W.
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16. motivation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mō′ti-vā′shŭn Definitions: 1. In psychology, the aggregate of all the individual motives, needs, and drives operative in a person at any given moment that influence the will and cause a given behavior.
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17. Motivation
    [horse] Motivation ({zh|c=計惑}) (foaled August 5, 1987 in Argentina) was a Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1993 Hong Kong Invitational Cup. Bred by Adolfo J. Bullrich, he was sired by Egg Toss, a son of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Buckpasser. Out of the mare F...
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18. Motivation
    [Sheryl Crow song] "Motivation" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow for her sixth studio album, Detours, and released as a single. The song has earned praise for its memorable melody and facetious lyrics. ==Chart performance== ...
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19. Motivation
    [band] Motivation was a short-lived band formed in Manchester, England by bassist and probably leader Steve Garvey, guitarist Dave Rowbotham, drummer Snuff and vocalist Dave Price. Garvey was a former Buzzcocks, Teardrops and Bok Bok member, while Rowbotham was previously in The Durutti Colu...
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20. Motivation
    [album] Motivation is the first studio album of Moti Special, released in 1985 by Teldec label. The band members were: Danish guitarist Nils Tuxen, Romanian keyboardist Michael Cretu, bassist and vocalist Manfred "Thissy" Thiers, and drummer Reinhard "Dickie" Tarrach. The album reached # 20 ...
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21. Motivation
    [Kelly Rowland song] "Motivation" is a song performed by American recording artist Kelly Rowland, taken from her third studio album Here I Am (2011). The song was written by Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Daniel Morris and Lil Wayne, with Jonsin producing the song and Lil Wayne having featured vocal...
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22. Motivation
    [disambiguation] Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Motivation may also refer to: ...
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23. Motivation
    The driving force behind all actions of human beings and other animals. It is an internal state that activates behavior and gives it direction. Emotion is closely related to motivation, and may be regarded as the subjectively experienced component of motivational states.
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