motivities

noun

plural of motivity
as in locomotions

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  1. dislocations
  2. migrations
Noun
  • Only because the profound dislocations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries had obscured millennia of ordinary building practice.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The industrial revolutions of the past produced enormous value alongside bankruptcies, dislocations, and periods of irrational exuberance.
    — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of dislocations
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  • Researchers plan to investigate million-year-old archaeological sites in northern China, examine how ancestral populations survived extreme conditions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and trace migrations across Eurasia.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Other traditional October moon names, according to the Almanac, include Drying Rice Moon, Falling Leaves Moon, Freezing Moon or Ice Moon, and Migrating Moon, a Cree name marking the southward migrations of birds.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of migrations
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