Motivology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The psychological study of people's motives. uncountable

    "People studying motivology are hoping to find the motive behind the 2017 Las Vegas shooting."

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"People studying motivology are hoping to find the motive behind the 2017 Las Vegas shooting."

Etymology

From motive + -logy.

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