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84 entries under derivation topic. ×
| reason(noun, action, end, drive, cause) | |
| cause(noun, charge, cause, start, reason) | |
| ground(noun, cause, start, reason, challenge) | |
| basis(noun, cause, start, reason, idea) | |
| inducement(noun, charge, drive, cause, desire) | |
| mainspring(noun, cause, start, reason, idea) | |
| root(noun, cause, reason, idea, object) | |
| determinant(noun, cause, reason, object, base) | |
| impulse(noun, charge, feeling, drive, cause) | |
| influence(noun, feeling, drive, cause, passion) | |
| inspiration(noun, feeling, drive, cause, passion) | |
| occasion(noun, cause, start, reason, object) | |
| source(noun, cause, start, reason, idea) | |
| spring(noun, force, cause, start, reason) | |
| antecedent(noun, cause, reason, object, base) | |
| origin(noun, cause, start, reason, base) | |
| principle(noun, action, cause, reason, idea) | |
| seed(cause, source, origin) | |
| causation(noun, cause, reason, base, element) | |
| essence(noun, cause, start, idea, base) |
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