4
feeling(noun, drive, cause, pleasure, passion)
4
impellent(noun, adjective, feeling, drive, passion)
4
impulsive
4
justification(noun, action, cause, reason, base)
4
kinetic(adjective, moving, dynamic, mobile, locomotive)
4
motivative
4
moving(adjective, motion)
4
need(noun, love, passion, desire, fancy)
4
origin(noun, cause, start, reason, base)
4
plan(noun, guide, model, aim, outline)
4
principle(noun, action, cause, reason, idea)
4
prod
4
question(noun, point, issue, idea, material)
4
sake(noun, reason, objective, justification)
4
subject(noun, point, line, issue, piece)
3
action(noun, feeling, drive, cause, pleasure)
3
activating
3
actuating
3
ambition(noun, drive, love, passion, push)
3
angle(drive, desire, inspiration, incentive, ambition)
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