inspirationaladj.
/ɪnspɪˈreɪʃənəl/ 1. Deriving its character or substance from inspiration; under the influence of inspiration; inspired.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective]
inspirational1839
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian ii. xiii. §2. 290 Their formal, official, inspirational, miraculous duty.
1876 G. H. Pember Earth's Earliest Ages (1893) 349 An inspirational address by..a well-known trance-speaker.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 321 In their inspirational states they [the sacred writers] were sometimes dynamical, sometimes mechanical.
1890 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. Jan. 334 The daughter of a distinguished medium and inspirational lecturer.
2. Of, or pertaining to, inspiration.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective]
inspiredc1450
illumined1526
godly-wise1532
revealed1533
illuminate1563
enthusiast1578
lightsome1587
enthusiastical1588
entheate1603
enthusiac1603
enthusiastic1603
illuminated1606
illightened1609
enthean1612
theopneust1647
illuminative1649
entheous1682
revelational1693
entheal1736
entheastic1804
theopneustic1838
theophanic1884
inspirational1888
theophanous1909
Beatrician1943
1888 R. F. Horton Inspiration & Bible iv. 104 Inspirational Dogma.
1899 Daily News 21 Sept. 7/3 Dr. Pusey recoiled from the very shadow of an appearance of treating the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures as if they stood on the same inspirational level as other Asiatic Scriptures.
3. Imparting inspiration; tending to inspire.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspiring
actuating1631
spiriting1671
inspiring1716
inspirative1797
inspirating1809
inspirational1884
the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > inspiring
inspiring1716
inspirational1884
1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 187/2 He [Whittier] is not an inspirational writer.
1895 H. C. Macpherson Carlyle ix. 160 In the sphere of ethics, Carlyle's influence has been inspirational in the highest sense.
Derivatives
inspiˈrationalist n. a person whose influence is inspirational, or who aims at inspiring others.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [noun] > source of > specific person
inspirationalist1895
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > inspiring > one who or that which
inspirerc1450
quickenera1500
animator1565
breathera1586
animater1597
inspirator1624
inspirationalist1895
1895 H. C. Macpherson Carlyle ix. 152 The influence of the inspirationalist is ever-enduring.
inspiˈrationally adv. in an inspirational manner, under the influence of inspiration.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adverb]
inspirationally1884
1884 H. Jennings Phallicism xiv. 148 Bohm wrote inspirationally—that is, altogether from the interior vision.
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