Nouns denoting goals

necromania
an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
 
account
grounds
 
voice of conscience
an inner voice that judges your behavior
 
signal
any incitement to action
 
wanderlust
very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
 
Christ Within
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
 
phaneromania
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
 
compulsion
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
 
adience
(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
 
egomania
an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
 
scruples
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
 
rational motive
a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
 
agromania
an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
 
onomatomania
obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
 
libidinal energy
(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido
 
motivator
a positive motivational influence
 
irrational impulse
a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
 
possession
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
 
kleptomania
an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
 
psychic energy
an actuating force or factor
 
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