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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

motivation, motive, need go
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal

irrational motive go
a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic

passion, mania, cacoethes
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

noun.motive

10 Subcategories

agromania go
an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania go
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
egomania go
an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
kleptomania go
an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
logorrhea, logomania go
pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
possession, monomania go
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania go
an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
phaneromania go
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
pyromania go
an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
trichotillomania go
an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair