Meanings
adjectiveantimotivational (comparative more antimotivational, superlative most antimotivational)
comparative more antimotivational · superlative most antimotivational
- Reducing or countering motivation.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Anglo-Normanmotif
- Middle Frenchmotif
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtus
- Late Latinmōtīvum
- Middle Englishmotif
- Englishmotive
- Englishmotivation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmotivational
- Englishantimotivational
From anti- + motivational.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish antymotywacyjny
- antymotywacyjnyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
antimotivational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimotivational
MLA
“antimotivational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimotivational. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antimotivational,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimotivational.
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