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motivative

motivating \motivating\ motivative \motivative\adj. causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive[2]; as, motivating arguments.

Syn: motive(prenominal).

It may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function
--Arthur Pap

WordNet
motivative

adj. impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn: motivative(a), motive(a), motivating]