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motivity

[ moh-tiv-i-tee ]
/ moʊˈtɪv ɪ ti /
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noun
the power of initiating or producing motion.
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Origin of motivity

First recorded in 1680–90; motive + -ity

Words nearby motivity

motivation research, motivator, motive, motive power, motivic, motivity, mot juste, Motlanthe, motley, motmot, moto
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Words related to motivity

driving force, electromotive force, kinetic energy, locomotion, prime mover, propulsion

How to use motivity in a sentence

  • They were appealing to a fictitious motivity, one not grounded in "the nature of things."

    The Approach to Philosophy|Ralph Barton Perry

  • The whole useful work obtained in this way was called by Thomson the motivity of the system.

    Lord Kelvin|Andrew Gray

  • And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this: often directly antagonistic.

    Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence

  • Is it connected with the phenomena of exteriorization of sensitivity or motivity?

    The Problems of Psychical Research|Hereward Carrington

British Dictionary definitions for motivity

motivity
/ (məʊˈtɪvɪtɪ) /
noun
the power of moving or of initiating motion
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