source of motivation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandmotivation
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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motivation
noun
uk/ˌməʊ.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmoʊ.t̬əˈveɪ.ʃən/
enthusiasm for ...
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(Definition ofsourceandmotivationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Onesourceofmotivationcan be traced to the persistence of an interventionist agenda within the policy community.
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A secondsourceofmotivationfor positional faithfulness may be found in the domain of lexical access and language processing.
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Another specificsourceofmotivationfor our study lies in the following.
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Domestic market requirement is considered as an importantsourceofmotivationfor undertaking such investment by small and medium enterprises.
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Onesourceofmotivationfor positional faithfulness is found in the phonetic realm.
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On the other hand, subjects may be motivated by the desire to avoid sanctions, asourceofmotivationfor a minority of the set of potential followers.
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Additionally, since we are studying children during a period of examination in the current paper, it is vital to consider what an examination may offer as asourceofmotivation.
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Central to epistemic guidance is the fact that the rule was the source of information regarding what counts as conformity, not necessarily thesourceofmotivationfor conformity.
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Now we need to forget those feelings and find anothersourceofmotivation.
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Therefore, without an externalsourceofmotivation, the outgroup member is just like any other low achieving, negative behavior outgroup member.
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This is asourceofmotivationfor the individual to repeat the activity or engage in other approved activities.
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Other informal learning theories look at the sources of motivation for learning.
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It consists of a dynamic set of personal relationships, social networks, communities of common interest, and emotional sources of motivation.
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