Nouns denoting goals

sense of duty
a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
 
Thanatos
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
 
monomania
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
 
sense of right and wrong
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
 
phaneromania
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
 
score
grounds
 
pyromania
an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
 
disincentive
a negative motivational influence
 
incentive
a positive motivational influence
 
psychic energy
an actuating force or factor
 
reason
a rational motive for a belief or action
 
Christ Within
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
 
adience
(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
 
life
a motive for living
 
logorrhea
pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
 
rational motive
a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
 
ethical motive
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
 
acathexis
(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual
 
wee small voice
an inner voice that judges your behavior
 
trichotillomania
an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
 
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