ulterior motive

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32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: segona intenció — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Chinese Mandarin: 不可告人的動機 /不可告人的动机 (bùkěgàorén de dòngjī) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Chinese Mandarin: 別有用心 /别有用心 (biéyǒuyòngxīn) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Chinese Mandarin: 他心 (tāxīn) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Danish: bagtanke — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Dutch: verborgen beweegredenen — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Finnish: taka-ajatus — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• French: motif secret — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• French: arrière-pensée — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• French: idée derrière la tête — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• German: Hintergedanke — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Greek: υστεροβουλία (ysterovoulía) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Hungarian: hátsó szándék — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Irish: aidhm fholaigh — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Japanese: 下心 (shitagokoro) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Japanese: 他心 (tashin) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Japanese: 他意 (tai) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Korean: 배후목적 (baehumokjeok) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Ladino: ramayu — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Macedonian: задна цел (zadna cel) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Norwegian: baktanke — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Portuguese: segunda intenção — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Russian: за́дняя мысль (zádnjaja myslʹ) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Russian: скры́тый моти́в (skrýtyj motív) — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Serbo-Croatian: скривени мотив — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Serbo-Croatian: skriveni motiv — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Spanish: segunda intención — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Spanish: motivo oculto — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Spanish: motivación oculta — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Swedish: baktanke — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Turkish: art niyet — alternative or hidden reason for doing something
• Turkish: art düşünce — alternative or hidden reason for doing something