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 Translation for 'motives' from English to Portuguese
NOUN   a motive | motives
VERB   to motive | motived | motived
motiving | motives
segundas intenções {f.pl}ulterior motives
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Translation for 'motives' from English to Portuguese

ulterior motives
segundas intenções {f.pl}
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Usage Examples English
  • McGuire’s Psychological Motivations is a classification system that organizes theories of motives into 16 categories.
  • The elder motives are wire dancers, people who are man and motor united (they e.g. ...
  • Assessment of motives in a medical setting is usually based on precursors to the incident, circumstances, and information from the patient.
  • The story shows the conflicting motives of the different factions without demonizing any of them, save possibly the merchants' faction whose motives are to use the forces of the Imperial Space Navy to enhance their own profits.
  • Similar to introspection, but with an important difference: with introspection we "directly examine" our attitudes, feelings and motives.

  • Morrison disagrees with or downplays theories that attribute serial killing to complex psychological motives such as suffering child abuse, which is not a consistent factor.
  • Though these motives are widely represented and generally easily recognizable in the arts throughout history, Erik A.
  • Finally, whilst motives may not play a role in determining the morality of an action, this does not preclude utilitarians from fostering particular motives if doing so will increase overall happiness.
  • In several of his articles Porat analyzes the relationship between right and illicit motives and intentions.
  • If a donor is wanting to donate to someone who is not a relative or friend they are intensively psychologically tested to determine their motives and suitability for donation as there can occasionally be harmful motives such as attention seeking or mental illness.

  • In the 19th century, there were no pictorial motives, but by the 20th century, religious motives appeared.
  • The answer to the horary question might be a simple yes or no, but is generally more complex with insights into, for example, the motives of the questioners, the motives of others involved in the matter, and the options available to them.
  • One example of the unhealthy nature of relationship-contingent self-esteem is the link between RCSE and greater approval sex motives.
  • There are several elementary examples of motives which are readily accessible.
  • It is a scientific and cultural truism that self-evaluation is motivated. Motives influence the ways in which people select self-relevant information, gauge its veracity, draw inferences about themselves, and make plans for the future.

  • A more complicated example is the category of Chow motives. The construction of Chow motives uses the pseudo-abelian completion described below.
  • The "trickster" is a term used for a non performing "trick maker"; they may have many motives behind their intention but those motives are not largely in public view.
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