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    desire
    /dɪˈzʌɪə/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. strongly wish for or want (something): "he never achieved the status he so desired" Similar wish forwantlong foryearn for

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  2. www.britannica.com › topic › motivationMotivation | Definition, Examples, Psychology, Types, & Facts

    6 days ago · motivation, forces acting either on or within a person to initiate behaviour. The word is derived from the Latin term motivus (“a moving cause”), which suggests the activating properties of the processes involved in psychological motivation.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LoveLove - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · Ancient Greeks identified three main forms of love: friendship and/or platonic desire (philia), sexual and/or romantic desire (eros), and self-emptying or divine love (agape). [18]

  5. spiritualdirection.com › 2024/09/15 › desireDesire - spiritualdirection.com

    Sep 15, 2024 · Desire - SpiritualDirection.com. September 15, 2024 Fr. Derek Sakowski. Human beings desire. Depending on who you listen to, you will hear how desire is one of the very best dimensions of being human, or how desire is at the root of evil and misery. What is the deeper truth?

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MotivationMotivation - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · Motivation is an internal state that propels individuals to engage in goal -directed behavior. It is often understood as a force that explains why people or animals initiate, continue, or terminate a certain behavior at a particular time. It is a complex phenomenon and its precise definition is disputed.

  7. www.britannica.com › science › libidoLibido | Sexual Health, Hormones & Desire | Britannica

    Sep 23, 2024 · libido, concept originated by Sigmund Freud to signify the instinctual physiological or psychic energy associated with sexual urges and, in his later writings, with all constructive human activity.

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  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LimerenceLimerence - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Concepts. v t e. Limerence is a state of mind resulting from romantic feelings for another person. It typically involves intrusive and melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection, along with a desire for the reciprocation of one's feelings and to form a relationship with the object of love.

  9. www.thoughtco.com › maslow-theory-selfLearn About Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization - ThoughtCo

    Sep 19, 2024 · Self-actualization, to Maslow, is the ability to become the best version of oneself. Maslow stated, “This tendency might be phrased as the desire to become more and more what one is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming.”