INCITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incitation mean? 

• INCITATION (noun)
  The noun INCITATION has 2 senses:

1. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

2. an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating

  Familiarity information: INCITATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Synonyms:

incitation; incitement; provocation

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

incitation; incitement

Context example:

the incitement of mutiny

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

arousal; rousing (the act of arousing)

Derivation:

incite (provoke or stir up)

incite (urge on; cause to act)