Motivierungn.
/ˌməʊtᵻˈvɪərʊŋ/, U.S. /ˌmoʊdəˈvɪrʊŋ/ Somewhat rare.
Motivation, motive.
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1850 Dublin Evening Post 29 Jan. It would be difficult to construct a body containing more seeds of confusion..and its unfitness as a legislative body is dwelt on at great length in the motivirung that precedes the decided rejection of the plan by the Commission.
1892 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 11 181 The Motivierung of xiv. 3..is essential to E.
1925 Classical Philol. 20 181 All the events of the poem are determined step by step in accordance with the will of Zeus, and the more fundamental Motivierung of Moira.
1960 Hesperia 29 79 From this point onwards the inscription falls into general shape as containing the Motivierung of a decree in honor of a hipparch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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