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INCITATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating

Example:

the incitement of mutiny

Synonyms:

incitation; incitement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("incitation" is a kind of...):

arousal; rousing (the act of arousing)

Derivation:

incite (provoke or stir up)

incite (urge on; cause to act)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

Synonyms:

incitation; incitement; provocation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("incitation" is a kind of...):

mental energy; psychic energy (an actuating force or factor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incitation"):

signal (any incitement to action)

Derivation:

incite (provoke or stir up)

incite (urge on; cause to act)

incite (give an incentive for action)

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