demotivational en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English -al English motivational English demotivational From de- + motivational.
Meanings
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Tending or intended to demotivate.
But could a demotivational process have begun in prelinguistic times and what we see today be a continuation of that?
1989, Jan Wind, Studies in Language Origins, volume 3, page 232:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most demotivational | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more demotivational | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |