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IRRATIONAL MOTIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("irrational motive" is a kind of...):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irrational motive"):
irrational impulse (a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation)
cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)
compulsion; obsession (an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will)
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