Nouns denoting goals

adience
(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
 
wee small voice
an inner voice that judges your behavior
 
wherefore
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
 
deterrence
a negative motivational influence
 
occasion
reason
 
cathexis
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
 
compulsion
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
 
wanderlust
very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
 
impulse
an instinctive motive
 
phaneromania
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
 
signal
any incitement to action
 
logorrhea
pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
 
abience
(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
 
mental energy
an actuating force or factor
 
incentive
a positive motivational influence
 
conscience
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
 
dipsomania
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
 
compulsion
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
 
rational motive
a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
 
mania
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
 
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