RATIONAL MOTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rational motive mean? 

• RATIONAL MOTIVE (noun)
  The noun RATIONAL MOTIVE has 1 sense:

1. a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument

  Familiarity information: RATIONAL MOTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATIONAL MOTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("rational motive" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rational motive"):

ground; reason (a rational motive for a belief or action)

incentive; inducement; motivator (a positive motivational influence)

deterrence; disincentive (a negative motivational influence)