- of or relating to motivation, a person's reason for acting in a certain way:The research investigated the motivational factors influencing people’s decision to volunteer with community organizations.
- inspiring or seeking to inspire people to act in a certain way, especially so as to overcome obstacles and achieve success, happiness, etc.:He mentors inner city youth, telling his motivational story at local schools.Since her diagnosis, she has become an HIV/AIDS educator, motivational speaker, and activist.
