| NOUN | motive | irrational motive | a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic |
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| Meaning | A motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic. | |
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| Narrower | compulsion, obsession | An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will |
| irrational impulse | A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation | |
| mania, passion, cacoethes | An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | |
| Broader | motivation, motive, need | The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal |
| Spanish | motivación irracional | |
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