Objective and popular speaker’s pulling power (9)
I believe the answer is:
intention
'pulling power' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'objective and popular speaker's' is the wordplay.
'objective' becomes 'intent' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'popular speaker' becomes 'ion' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'intent'+'ion'='INTENTION'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intention that I've seen before include "Design" , "goal" , "Plan, purpose" , "Aim, plan" , "Aim, purpose" .)