Depression and Motivation

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Depression noun - A period of decreased economic activity.

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Motivation is an antonym for depression.

Motivation noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Depression is an antonym for motivation in ambition topic.

human	human depression	human motivation
initial	initial depression	initial motivation
likely	likely depression	likely motivation
obvious	obvious depression	obvious motivation
Other adjectives: actual, serious, little, new, major, general, possible, overall.

In fact, part of Germany's motivation behind becoming an Axis Power was mentioned as a combination of both the Depression and Versailles reparations.

Source: The Great Depression
A popular way to establish a character as having a motivation for their depression, angst, distrust of others, and other anti-social tendencies is to have the revelation that he or she was raped at some point in his or her past.

Source: Rape as Backstory
Six months later, peace has returned but the world remains alert for future occurrences of the "Density Shift" phenomenon.Shinnosuke Tomari is a young and talented police officer who sank into depression and lost all motivation after he accidentally crippled his partner during the Global Freeze.

Source: Series / Kamen Rider Drive

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