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motivative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective motivative has 1 sense
- motivative(s = adj.all) motivating, motive - impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" Derived form verb motivate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
motivative, adj.
causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive{2}; as, motivating arguments. [WordNet 1.5]
"It may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"
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