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antimotivation

antimotivation noun: active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated.

Noun

antimotivation (uncountable)

  1. Active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated.
    • Having been driven all their days into an active antimotivation, and finding motivation is the absolute prerequisite for beginning real American life, they cannot begin[…]1973, John R. Fry, Locked-out Americans: a memoir
    • With this, undermotivation turns to antimotivation; failures accumulate and their emotional threshold goes down. Instead of trying harder they start to rebel.1977, Louise M. Berman, Jessie A. Roderick, Feeling, valuing, and the art of growing: insights into the affective

Origin of antimotivation

From anti- + motivation.

Questions about antimotivation

What does antimotivation mean?
Antimotivation means active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated.
What part of speech is antimotivation?
Antimotivation is a noun.

Words near antimotivation in the dictionary

  1. antimother
  2. antimothers
  3. antimotif
  4. antimotifs
  5. antimotility
  6. antimotivation
  7. antimotivational
  8. antimotorist
  9. antimotorists
  10. antimould
  11. antimouse

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