单词 | motivelessness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈmotivelessness ˈmotivelessness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > state of being without motive motivelessness1850 1850 Patriot 15 July 444/2 The very motivelessness of the attack, joined with the consentaneous evidence of a dozen witnesses,..would have justified a verdict of acquittal on the grounds of insanity. 1933 L. Strachey Characters & Comm. iv. ix. 315 This triumphant invention of the motivelessness of Iago has been dwelt upon by innumerable commentators. 1996 Guardian 19 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 42/3 There's a yawning sense of pointlessness and meaninglessness and motivelessness there. < as lemmas |
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