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Definition of Motivations
1. motivation [n] - See also: motivation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motivations
Literary usage of Motivations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soviet Strategy in Southern Africa: Gorbachev's Pragmatic Approach by Peter Vanneman (1990)
"The Soviet Union's behavior over this period suggests two major motivations for
its involvement: access to strategic facilities (naval and air) and minerals ..."
2. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"Missionary Goals, motivations, and Techniques Nevertheless, the differences in
missionary goals, motivations, and techniques, as well as in attitudes toward ..."
3. The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons by Sidney David Drell, James E. Goodby (2003)
"motivations for Acquiring Nuclear Weapons To answer both questions, it is necessary
to look first at the motivations for national nuclear weapons programs. ..."
4. China: Progress and Reform Challenges by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (2003)
"Main motivations and characteristics of state-owned enterprise reform After its
highly successful reform of the agricultural production system in the early ..."
5. Democracy and the Eastern Question: The Problem of the Far East as by Thomas Franklin Millard (1919)
"... motives analyzed—Periods of Japan's war policy—Its various motivations—Gov.
erned by expediency and opportunity—Lessons of the war—Making Japan's army ..."