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transmotivation

transmotivation noun: the process of revising a fictional character's motivations to correspond to his/her actions.

Noun

transmotivation (countable and uncountable, plural transmotivations)

  1. The process of revising a fictional character's motivations to correspond to his/her actions.

Forms of transmotivation

pluraltransmotivations

Origin of transmotivation

From trans- + motivation, coined by the scholar Gérard Genette.

Questions about transmotivation

What does transmotivation mean?
Transmotivation means the process of revising a fictional character's motivations to correspond to his/her actions.
What part of speech is transmotivation?
Transmotivation is a noun.
What is the plural of transmotivation?
The plural of transmotivation is transmotivations.

Words near transmotivation in the dictionary

  1. transmorphed
  2. transmorphing
  3. transmorphism
  4. transmorphisms
  5. transmorphs
  6. transmotivation
  7. transmotivations
  8. transmountain
  9. transmove
  10. transmoved
  11. transmoves

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