motivityn.

Brit.

/məʊˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S.

/moʊˈtɪvᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: motive adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < motive adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin motivitas (c1270 in a British source).In some later uses in sense 1 perhaps influenced by motive n.

1. The power to cause or initiate motion.

a. Philosophy. The power to cause motion or initiate movement; spec. this as a mental faculty, will.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > [noun] > capacity of initiating movement

motivitya1688

automatism1794

a1688 J. Locke Abstr. Ess. Human Understanding in P. King Life & Lett. J. Locke (1858) 374 We have two as clear ideas, viz. of thinking and motivity, if I may so say, or a power of moving.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding Contents (heading) Thinking and Motivity, the primary Ideas of Spirit.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 If we consider the active power of Moving, or, as I may call it, Motivity, it is much clearer in Spirit than Body; since two Bodies, placed by one another at rest, will never afford us the Idea of a power in the one to move the other, but by a borrowed motion: whereas the Mind, every day, affords us Ideas of an active power of moving of Bodies.

1883 New Englander Mar. 216 (1) sensation, (2) emotion or sensibility, (3) desire or motivity, (4) capability of pleasure or pain.

1904 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 10 373 The expression of an inner..motivity or activity.

1975 Jrnl. Philos. 72 571 There is no reason to ascribe motivity to desire primarily and to thought only derivatively.

b. Driving, propelling, or motivating force; creative power, creativity, invention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates

prickleOE

pritchOE

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bellowsc1386

pricka1387

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preparativec1450

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instigation1526

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shove1724

incitive1736

stimulative1747

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afflatus1865

flip1881

urge1882

agent provocateur1888

will to power1896

a shot in the arm1922

motivator1929

driver1971

co-driver1993

1857 Ladies' Repository Oct. 602/2 An impulsive restlessness, an incessant motivity, hurries every thing to its final destiny.

1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i.i. 49 All God's quickening motivity and power are taken away from the feeling.

1876 New Englander Jan. 75 Or else, tired of searching, amid guesses and protoplasms, for the grand mystery of Nature's Motivity, the gray-headed philosopher shall yet become a little child.

1889 Scribner's Mag. May 620/2 Their superior motivity and productiveness in all departments of human endeavor.

1922 D. H. Lawrence Fantasia of Unconscious i. 3 It is the..disinterested craving of the human male to make something wonderful, out of his own head and his own self.., which starts everything going. This is the prime motivity. And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this.

1927 Sci. Monthly Aug. 126/2 The psychologist is still delving into the motivity of human action.

1988 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 19 Feb. FE/0079/B2/1 The fundamental motivity of agricultural development lies in the inherent vitality of agriculture.

1994 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. 8 The hard edge motivity of Frank Torpey's bodhran.

c. Physics. The portion of the total thermal energy of a system that is available for conversion into kinetic energy; entropy. disused.

ΚΠ

1876 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 9 144 The following Communications were read:—..on Thermo-Dynamic Motivity. By Sir W. Thomson.

1892 Ld. Kelvin in Littell's Living Age May 391/2 This heat is not available for raising the weight and giving the clockwork a renewed lease of motivity.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 167/2 The name motivity was proposed by Lord Kelvin in 1879 for this conception of available energy.

2. Chiefly Biology. Movement, motion; mobility. Cf. ultro-motivity n.

ΚΠ

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 6 The first a nerve of hearing, the second of feeling, and the third of motivity.

1929 Q. Rev. Biol. 4 169/1 They may..depend on a separate innervation from that concerned with ordinary motivity.

1998 Pharmaceut. Biol. 36 285/1 There was a significant decrease..in mouse motivity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motivity
释义	motivityn. Brit. /məʊˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /moʊˈtɪvᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: motive adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < motive adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin motivitas (c1270 in a British source).In some later uses in sense 1 perhaps influenced by motive n. 1. The power to cause or initiate motion. a. Philosophy. The power to cause motion or initiate movement; spec. this as a mental faculty, will. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > capacity of initiating movement motivitya1688 automatism1794 a1688 J. Locke Abstr. Ess. Human Understanding in P. King Life & Lett. J. Locke (1858) 374 We have two as clear ideas, viz. of thinking and motivity, if I may so say, or a power of moving. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding Contents (heading) Thinking and Motivity, the primary Ideas of Spirit. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 If we consider the active power of Moving, or, as I may call it, Motivity, it is much clearer in Spirit than Body; since two Bodies, placed by one another at rest, will never afford us the Idea of a power in the one to move the other, but by a borrowed motion: whereas the Mind, every day, affords us Ideas of an active power of moving of Bodies. 1883 New Englander Mar. 216 (1) sensation, (2) emotion or sensibility, (3) desire or motivity, (4) capability of pleasure or pain. 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 10 373 The expression of an inner..motivity or activity. 1975 Jrnl. Philos. 72 571 There is no reason to ascribe motivity to desire primarily and to thought only derivatively. b. Driving, propelling, or motivating force; creative power, creativity, invention. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 1857 Ladies' Repository Oct. 602/2 An impulsive restlessness, an incessant motivity, hurries every thing to its final destiny. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i.i. 49 All God's quickening motivity and power are taken away from the feeling. 1876 New Englander Jan. 75 Or else, tired of searching, amid guesses and protoplasms, for the grand mystery of Nature's Motivity, the gray-headed philosopher shall yet become a little child. 1889 Scribner's Mag. May 620/2 Their superior motivity and productiveness in all departments of human endeavor. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Fantasia of Unconscious i. 3 It is the..disinterested craving of the human male to make something wonderful, out of his own head and his own self.., which starts everything going. This is the prime motivity. And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this. 1927 Sci. Monthly Aug. 126/2 The psychologist is still delving into the motivity of human action. 1988 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 19 Feb. FE/0079/B2/1 The fundamental motivity of agricultural development lies in the inherent vitality of agriculture. 1994 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. 8 The hard edge motivity of Frank Torpey's bodhran. c. Physics. The portion of the total thermal energy of a system that is available for conversion into kinetic energy; entropy. disused. ΚΠ 1876 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 9 144 The following Communications were read:—..on Thermo-Dynamic Motivity. By Sir W. Thomson. 1892 Ld. Kelvin in Littell's Living Age May 391/2 This heat is not available for raising the weight and giving the clockwork a renewed lease of motivity. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 167/2 The name motivity was proposed by Lord Kelvin in 1879 for this conception of available energy. 2. Chiefly Biology. Movement, motion; mobility. Cf. ultro-motivity n. ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 6 The first a nerve of hearing, the second of feeling, and the third of motivity. 1929 Q. Rev. Biol. 4 169/1 They may..depend on a separate innervation from that concerned with ordinary motivity. 1998 Pharmaceut. Biol. 36 285/1 There was a significant decrease..in mouse motivity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1688
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