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motivating

motivating

3.4
Helping someone want to do something by giving reasons or rewards
  • noun
  • /ˈmoʊtɪˌveɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : motivación
  • Understanding the motivating factors behind consumer behavior can help businesses improve their strategies.

So you convince your team by one of two things, either motivating them through enormous optimism or forcing them to through dark dictatorship.

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Examples

  • So what is motivating the EU Commission to be so unaccommodating in their negotiations?

  • I think there are significant motivating factors that we need to take into account.

  • And so there were, there were deep things motivating your decision not to eat meat.

  • And then they really describe for us what the motivating problem of this paper is.

  • But you learn what's motivating you, and then you learn to ask.

  • So another, another motivating factor is what's happening to the women in the prisons.

  • I do think that there's a way in which we can understand what was and respect what was motivating a lot of nominalists, including the field.

  • The speaker identified several motivating reasons for pursuing environmental sustainability.

  • The teacher's motivating approach encouraged students to engage more actively in class discussions.

Synonyms

motivation
vsmotivating
348 2.7

A reason or desire that makes someone want to do something

is the act of offering reasons or incentives to cause action
persuasion
vsmotivating
45 3.6

Getting someone to do or believe something by giving reasons

uses reasons or incentives but not always logical argument
urging
vsmotivating
23 3.9

A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act

focuses on external reasons or incentives rather than inner drive
reinforcement
vsmotivating
22 4.0

Giving praise or rewards to make someone repeat a behavior

uses reasons or incentives broadly to encourage action
spur
vsmotivating
15 4.1

A short comment that encourages someone to do something

may also include material or logical incentives beyond a comment
exhortation
vsmotivating
  • Formal
10 8.4

Strong words that urge someone to do something

can be less formal and may include material incentives
prodding
vsmotivating
10 4.1

Encouragement from someone who keeps asking you to do something

encourages by giving reasons or rewards rather than repeated pushes
prod
vsmotivating
3 4.4

A small push or reminder that makes someone start doing something

may use broader reasons or rewards rather than a single nudge
goading
vsmotivating
1 7.0

An act of trying to make someone do something by teasing or urging them again and again

encourages through reasons or incentives rather than provocation
prompting
vsmotivating
1 3.8

Encouraging someone to do something by suggesting it

includes offering reasons or incentives beyond simple suggestion
goad
vsmotivating
1 7.4

Something that urges someone to act, often by provoking or challenging them

uses reasons or incentives generally rather than provocation specifically
spurring
vsmotivating
4.6

Words from a coach or friend that encourage someone to try something

relies on reasons or incentives rather than only spoken praise

Antonyms

257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

35 6.0

To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them

How Motivating

inspiration
271 3.5
motivation
348 2.7
motivating
3.4
encouragement
89 1.7
prompt
  • Specialized
4 3.4
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

motivating singular
motivatings plural

Morphology

motivating = motivate (transparent) = motivate + ing

Standard -ing nominalization from the verb 'motivate'; the meaning 'the act of motivating' is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Motivating comes from the Latin root movere 'to move' and from the verb motivate, which is like the everyday word move. As a noun, motivating is the act of giving reasons or rewards that 'move' someone to take action.