NOUN | motive | irrational impulse | a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation |
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Meaning | A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation. | |
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Narrower | compulsion, irresistible impulse | An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid |
Broader | irrational motive | A motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic |
Spanish | impulso, instinto, pronto | |
Catalan | impuls, instint, rampell |
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