Usually means: Primary driving forces or motivations.
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  1. mainsprings: Merriam-Webster
  2. mainsprings: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mainsprings: Vocabulary.com
  4. mainsprings: Wordnik
  5. mainsprings: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. mainsprings: Wiktionary
  7. mainsprings: Dictionary.com
  8. mainsprings: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mainspring)

noun:  (horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
noun:  (figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
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