irrational motive | | |
n. (motive) | 1. irrational motive | a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic. |
| ~ motivation, motive, need | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior.; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" |
| ~ irrational impulse | a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation.; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble" |
| ~ cacoethes, mania, passion | an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. |
| ~ obsession, compulsion | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" |
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