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self-motivated

self-motivated adjective: motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest.

Adjective

self-motivated (comparative more self-motivated, superlative most self-motivated)

  1. Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest.

Forms of self-motivated

comparativemore self-motivated
superlativemost self-motivated

Origin of self-motivated

From self- + motivated.

Questions about self-motivated

What does self-motivated mean?
Self-motivated means motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest.
What part of speech is self-motivated?
Self-motivated is an adjective.

Words near self-motivated in the dictionary

  1. self-monitored
  2. self-monitoring
  3. self-monitors
  4. self-motion
  5. self-motions
  6. self-motivated
  7. self-moving
  8. self-mulching
  9. self-murder
  10. self-murderer
  11. self-murderers

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