Meanings
adjectivedemotivational (comparative more demotivational, superlative most demotivational)
comparative more demotivational · superlative most demotivational
- Tending or intended to demotivate.
But could a demotivational process have begun in prelinguistic times and what we see today be a continuation of that?
1989, Jan Wind, Studies in Language Origins, volume 3, page 232Synonyms: demotivating
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTending or intended to demotivate.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- 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
- Englishdemotivational
From de- + motivational.
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APA
demotivational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demotivational
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“demotivational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demotivational. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demotivational,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demotivational.
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