motivity

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motivity

noun motivities

countable, uncountable The power to cause movement, especially as an inherent mental faculty. The soul is what moves the body and perceives sensible objects; it is characterized by self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and motivity (413b); but the mind has the higher function of thinking, which has no relation to the body or to the senses.
countable, uncountable Driving force, drive; creative power, invention. This is the prime motivity. And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this: often directly antagonistic.
countable, uncountable Movement, mobility.

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@misc{motivity_2026,
  title = {motivity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/motivity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}