incitory
/ɪnˈsaɪtəri/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The controversy centers primarily upon the question whether art is incitory or cathartic. When we see a play or read a novel, does it influence us to put into action the unruly emotions and purposes we see portrayed, or does it, rather, purge us, through contemplation, of like purposes and emotions, latent in us?"
- "Lacking an organization of their own and exploiting its established reputation, a number of anti-Semitic politicians had used the Independence Party, to which they officially belonged, as a convenient soapbox for the dissemination of their incitory views."
- "Sautman argues 'the concept of "cultural genocide" as a stock in trade of Tibetan émigré ideology is meant to be provocative and incitory, rather than an intellectually appropriate conceptual framework for assessing PRC state policy as it affects culture in Tibet."
- "In the cryptocurrency sense, demurrage can mean being deflationary (value losing) over time, thus incitory (stimulatory) in that it incites some form of action taking (i.e.; spending) in the shorter term to realize value before it is lost."
Etymology
From incite + -ory.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪnˈsaɪtəri/