Nouns denoting goals

possession
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
 
disincentive
a negative motivational influence
 
signal
any incitement to action
 
rational motive
a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
 
provocation
something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
 
dipsomania
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
 
motivator
a positive motivational influence
 
occasion
reason
 
hedonism
the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
 
Christ Within
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
 
sense of shame
a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
 
pyromania
an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
 
cathexis
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
 
ground
a rational motive for a belief or action
 
mental energy
an actuating force or factor
 
phaneromania
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
 
kleptomania
an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
 
small voice
an inner voice that judges your behavior
 
mania
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
 
life
a motive for living
 
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