incitement

incitement
    n 1: an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or
         instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: {incitation},
         {incitement}]
    2: needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of
       vigorous investigation" [syn: {provocation}, {incitement}]
    3: something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or
       stirring to action [syn: {incitement}, {incitation},
       {provocation}]
    4: the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion [syn:
       {exhortation}, {incitement}]
    

Incitement \In*cite"ment\, n. [Cf. F. incitement.]
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   1. The act of inciting.
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   2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive;
      incentive; impulse. --Burke.
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            From the long records of a distant age,
            Derive incitements to renew thy rage. --Pope.

   Syn: Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse;
        encouragement.
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95 Moby Thesaurus words for "incitement":
      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