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INCITATION
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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:
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)