Nouns denoting goals

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
 
charge
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
 
cacoethes
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
 
possession
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
 
Thanatos
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
 
irrational motive
a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
 
pyromania
an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
 
acathexis
(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual
 
adience
(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
 
wee small voice
an inner voice that judges your behavior
 
score
grounds
 
psychic energy
an actuating force or factor
 
moral sense
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
 
wherefore
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
 
rational motive
a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
 
irrational impulse
a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
 
phaneromania
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
 
sense of shame
a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
 
libidinal energy
(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido
 
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