Nouns denoting goals
- agromania
- an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
- signal
- any incitement to action
- hedonism
- the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
- abience
- (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
- cathexis
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- why
- the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
- motivator
- a positive motivational influence
- disincentive
- a negative motivational influence
- small voice
- an inner voice that judges your behavior
- kleptomania
- an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
- irrational impulse
- a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
- dipsomania
- an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
- mental energy
- an actuating force or factor
- 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
- Christ Within
- a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
- life
- a motive for living
- rational motive
- a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
- trichotillomania
- an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
- possession
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
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