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motivative

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, motivative means motivating. As a noun, it means the motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning "because of".

Meanings of motivative

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Motivating; serving to motivate

  2. grammarIn, marked by or pertaining to the motivative case.

  3. Impelling to action

    “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”

    “motive pleas”

    “motivating arguments”

    Similar: motive, motivating

noun

  1. grammarThe motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning "because of".

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: impelling to action
motivemotivating

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