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  2. Hortative - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, hortative modalities (/ ˈ h ɔːr t ə t ɪ v / ⓘ; abbreviated HORT) are verbal expressions used by the speaker to encourage or discourage an action. Different hortatives can be used to express greater or lesser intensity, or the speaker's attitude, for or against it.

  3. Incentivisation - Wikipedia

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    Incentivisation or incentivization is the practice of building incentives into an arrangement or system in order to motivate the actors within it. It is based on the idea that individuals within such systems can perform better not only when they are coerced but also when they are given rewards.

  4. Encouragement - Wikipedia

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    Encourage Films, a Japanese animation studio; Courage (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 11 June 2024, at 14:14 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  5. Hatred - Wikipedia

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    A number of different definitions and perspectives on hatred have been put forth. Philosophers have been concerned with understanding the essence and nature of hatred, while some religions view it positively and encourage hatred toward certain outgroups. Social and psychological theorists have understood hatred in a utilitarian sense.

  6. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  7. Incentive - Wikipedia

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    Definition Remunerative incentives (or financial incentives) Exist where an agent can expect some form of a material reward like money in exchange for acting in a particular way. [13] Moral incentives Exist where a particular choice is widely regarded as the right thing to do or is particularly admirable among others. [13]

  8. Prosocial behavior - Wikipedia

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    Prosocial behavior can act as a strong motivator in education, for it provides students with a purpose beyond themselves and the classroom. This purpose beyond the self, or self-transcendence, [58] is an innate human need to be a part of something bigger than themselves. When learning in isolation, the way Western academics are traditionally ...

  9. Encouraging or assisting a crime in English law - Wikipedia

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    An offence is committed under section 44, if this is done with intent to do the same; under section 45 if it is done "believing that the offence will be committed and that the act will encourage or assist its commission"; or under section 46 where there are multiple possible offences being encouraged or assisted, and at least one is foreseen. [4]