Motive(s) or The Motive(s) may refer to:
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Motivation
Motivation is an mental state, internal state that propels individuals to engage in goal-directed behavior. It is often understood as a force that explains why people or animals initiate, continue, or terminate a certain behavior at a particul ...
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Motive (law)
A motive is the cause that moves people to induce a certain action. In criminal law, motive in itself is not an element of any given crime; however, the legal system typically allows motive to be proven to make plausible the accused's reasons fo ...
Entertainment
Film and television
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''Motives'' (film), a 2004 thriller
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''The Motive'' (film), 2017
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''Motive'' (TV series), a 2013 Canadian TV series
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''The Motive'' (TV series), a 2020 Israeli TV series
* "The Motive", a 1958
episode of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''
Podcasts and radio
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''Motive'' (podcast), true crime podcast by the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and WBEZ
Music
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''Motive'' (album), a 1990 album by Red Box
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"Motive" (song), a 2020 song by Ariana Grande and Doja Cat
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"The Motive" (song), a 1987 song by Then Jerico
Other uses
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Motive (algebraic geometry)
In algebraic geometry, motives (or sometimes motifs, following French usage) is a theory proposed by Alexander Grothendieck in the 1960s to unify the vast array of similarly behaved cohomology theories such as singular cohomology, de Rham cohom ...
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Motive, Inc, a software manufacturer
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Motive Studio
Motive Studio (also known as EA Motive and Motive) is a Canadian video game developer and studio of Electronic Arts (EA) based in Montreal. Motive focuses on action-adventure games and creating new intellectual properties.
History
Motive St ...
, a video game company
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Motive (company), a technology company
See also
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Motif (disambiguation)
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Motivation (disambiguation)
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