motivating

Speech parts

1. motivating - Noun

2. motivating - Adjective

3. motivating - Verb

4. motivating - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

the act of motivating; providing incentive

impelling to action

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

motive motivation motivative move moving drive driving dynamic encourage emotional affecting encouraging stimulate incentive prompt

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Antonyms

common customary commonplace crushing boring colorless

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Hypernyms

act deed human action human activity

Phrases with the word

motivating factor of imperialism

Examples

Management is nothing more than motivating other people. Lee Iacocca

I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating. Katie Couric

I am strong-willed, and I am driven, and I am passionate...but I don't have...a central cause...a motivating cause, I don't know what that would be...other than trying to tell the truth when I work. Jennifer Beals

What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power of a value system that functions in human life and in the universe. Joseph Campbell

As I see it, the sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself. Larry Flynt

[Evolution Theory] is the motivating factor for guys like Hitler and Stalin and George Bush, by the way, who is a Satan worshiper, like we don't know that. Kent Hovind

Close letter words and terms

motivated by one's own desires motivated by oneself motivated reasoning motivating factor of imperialism motivation motivation letter