Antimotivation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated. uncountable

    "Having been driven all their days into an active antimotivation, and finding motivation is the absolute prerequisite for beginning real American life, they cannot begin[…]"

Example

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"Having been driven all their days into an active antimotivation, and finding motivation is the absolute prerequisite for beginning real American life, they cannot begin[…]"

Etymology

From anti- + motivation.

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