motivity

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The power to cause movement, especially as an inherent mental faculty. countable,uncountable
    — The soul is what moves the body and perceives sensible objects; it is characterized by self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and motivity (413b); but the mind has the higher function of thinking, which has no relation to the body or to the senses.
  2. Driving force, drive; creative power, invention. countable,uncountable
    — This is the prime motivity. And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this: often directly antagonistic.
  3. Movement, mobility. countable,uncountable

词形变化

motivities plural

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Anglo-Norman motifder.
Middle French motifder.
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Late Latin moveō
Late Latin mōtus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Late Latin -īvus
Late Latin mōtīvumder.
Middle English motif
English motive
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English motivity
From motive + -ity.
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