"motivations" in the noun sense
1. motivation, motive, need
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"
2. motivation
the condition of being motivated
"his motivation was at a high level"
3. motivation, motivating
the act of motivating providing incentive
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