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motor

motor Motor refers to what concerns action and movement, including the bodily machinery for acting and the awareness of acting.

Motor refers to what concerns action and movement, including the bodily machinery for acting and the awareness of acting. In psychology, it is contrasted with sensory, and it can also describe theories that explain mental life in terms of movement-related elements and striving.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Motor” (Motor).
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