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irrational motive ThesaurusNoun | 1. | irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logicmotivation, motive, need - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"irrational impulse - a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble"cacoethes, mania, passion - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or actionobsession, compulsion - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" |
irrational motive
Words related to irrational motivenoun a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logicRelated Words- motivation
- motive
- need
- irrational impulse
- cacoethes
- mania
- passion
- obsession
- compulsion
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