| NOUN | motive | psychic energy, mental energy | an actuating force or factor |
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| Meaning | An actuating force or factor. | |
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| Synonym | mental energy | |
| Narrower | incitement, incitation, provocation | Something that incites or provokes |
| libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido | |
| Broader | motivation, motive, need | The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal |
| Spanish | energía mental | |
| Catalan | energia mental | |
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