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determinants

noun as in incentive

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encouragement enticement impetus motivation reason stimulus

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noun as in motive

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aim cause consideration emotion feeling idea impulse influence intent intention motivation passion rationale

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antecedent basis design determinant drive end grounds incentive incitement inducement inspiration mainspring object occasion root spring spur stimulus thinking

noun as in occasion

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basis circumstance ground incident purpose

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antecedent call determinant excuse foundation grounds inducement influence justification motivation motive necessity obligation prompting provocation right warrant

noun as in origin

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ancestor ancestry connection element influence motive provenance root source

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noun as in reason

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argument basis cause consideration goal idea impetus incentive motivation motive proof purpose rationale

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antecedent design determinant end grounds inducement object occasion root spring target warrant wherefore why

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ulterior motive why and wherefore whyfor

noun as in source

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authority cause expert origin

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horse's mouth starting point

noun as in cause

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element explanation matter motivation motive origin principle purpose root source

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noun as in provenience

noun as in rootstock

noun as in grounds

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A 2007 study of genetic determinants of eye, hair, and skin color in Icelandic and Dutch adults found a similar result.

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"Class and wealth, rather than religion or ethnicity, were the determinants of neighborliness," King writes.

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These determinants control the parts of the developing embryo,—in what manner need not here concern us.

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But since all living entities vary, the determinants must also vary, now in a favourable, now in an unfavourable direction.

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He believes also that there are many more such "determinants" than are necessary for the reproduction of the cell.

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Several factors act as soil determinants: Fertility; physical characters; soil heat.

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They are much more important determinants of future sensations than is anything which can now be calculated.

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On this page you'll find 455 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to determinants, such as: encouragement, enticement, impetus, motivation, reason, and stimulus.

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