motivity

English

Etymology

motive +‎ -ity

Noun

motivity (countable and uncountable, plural motivities)

1. The power or ability to move
   • 1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy:

     The soul is what moves the body and perceives sensible objects; it is characterized by self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and motivity (413b); but the mind has the higher function of thinking, which has no relation to the body or to the senses.

Synonyms

• locomotion

Related terms

• motile
• motive