incitement
n.
stirring up, provocation, instigation, stimulation
Incitement
incitement
Noun
1. an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny"
(synonym) incitation
(hypernym) arousal, rousing
(derivation) incite, instigate, set off, stir up
2. needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
(synonym) provocation
(hypernym) encouragement
(hyponym) subornation
(derivation) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
3. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
(synonym) incitation, provocation
(hypernym) psychic energy, mental energy
(hyponym) signal
(derivation) prod, incite, egg on
4. the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
(synonym) exhortation
(hypernym) persuasion, suasion
(hyponym) pep talk
Incitement
(n.)
The act of inciting.
(n.)
That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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incitement
Synonyms and related words:
aggravation, agitating, agitation, animation, arousal, arousing, awakening, bait, bribe, carrot, clout, compulsion, drive, driving force, electrification, encouragement, enticement, exacerbation, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exciting, exhilaration, exhortation, exhorting, fillip, firing, fomentation, fomenting, galvanization, goading, impellent, impelling force, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, inducement, inflaming, inflammation, influence, influencing, infuriation, inspiration, instigating, instigation, interest, invitation, irresistible force, irritation, lathering up, lure, moment, momentum, motivation, motive power, mover, needling, payment, pep rally, pep talk, percentage, persuasion, persuasive, perturbation, power, pricking, prodding, profit, prompting, propulsion, provocation, provoking, rabble-rousing, rallying, reward, spurring, steaming up, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, stirring-up, sweetener, sweetening, temptation, thrust, urging, wakening, whet, whipping, whipping up, working up
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