incitement
noun
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Sense 1 noun
an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
the incitement of mutiny
Types & categories
- arousal hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
needed encouragement
the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
Types & categories
- encouragement hypernym
- subornation hyponym
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Sense 3 noun
something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
Types & categories
- psychic energy hypernym
- signal hyponym
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Sense 4 noun
the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
Types & categories
- persuasion hypernym
- pep talk hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | egg on |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | arousal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | provoke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | encouragement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subornation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | provoke |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | egg on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | call forth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | arouse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | psychic energy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | signal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | urge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pep up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | persuasion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pep talk |