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unmotivation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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 unmotivation From un- (“lack of”) + motivation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) An absence or lack of motivation.
    • It is important to distinguish unmotivation, which may be associated with remarks such as “What's the point of doing a project?” (Interest and Relevance) from demotivation, which may result from difficulties experienced while undertaking the current project, or may be the residual effect of prior experience of project work (Expectation and Satisfaction). 2013, Sally Fincher, Marian Petre, Martyn Clark, Computer Science Project Work: Principles and Pragmatics:
    • Most dangerous of all is when the learner starts thinking that learning English is beyond his reach – the farthest degree of unmotivation and frustration. 2010, Azadeh Shafaei, Frontiers of Language and Teaching:
    • I've been there enough times to know exactly just how painful this state of “unmotivation” can be. Lack of motivation drains our capacity to take action. Stagnation sets in. Our sense of purpose is zapped. 2013, Robert Dave Johnston, How to Lose 30 Pounds (or More) in 30 Days with Juice Fasting:
    • The linguistic unmotivation of the fully interlingual approach is discussed and – we believe – proved in a number of writings, e.g. Tsujii (1986), van Eynde (this volume) and Allegranza (in press). 2015, Frank Van Eydne, Linguistic Issues in Machine Translation:
    • The following quote borrowed from Hunter (1999) quite well summarizes this vicious circle of unmotivation: “Workers with good family background neglect their work and are not pushed by their supervisors because of their family background. [...]” 2011, Daniel Schwekendiek, A Socioeconomic History of North Korea:

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