n 1 a  :  the act or process of motivating  b  :  the condition of being motivated  2  :  a motivating force, stimulus, or influence (as a drive or incentive) <sex as the of animal behavior -E. A. Armstrong>  mo*ti*va*tion*al adj mo*ti*va*tion*al*ly adv 
 
 
 
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