Antonyms of adj motivative

1 sense of motivative

Sense 1
motivative (prenominal), motive (prenominal), motivating -- (impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments")

INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal -- (not causative)

Similarity of adj motivative

1 sense of motivative

Sense 1
motivative (prenominal), motive (prenominal), motivating -- (impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments")
       => causative (vs. noncausative) -- (producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime")

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