'Incitement' definitions:
Definition of 'incitement'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: incitation, incitement]
noun
Needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation" [syn: provocation, incitement]
noun
Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: incitement, incitation, provocation]
noun
The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion [syn: exhortation, incitement]
Definition of 'Incitement'
From: GCIDE
- Incitement \In*cite"ment\, n. [Cf. F. incitement.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inciting. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. --Pope.
- Syn: Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incitement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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