INCITEMENTS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

incitements

noun

plural of incitement

as in excitements

something that arouses a strong response from another the insulting remark was all the incitement that was needed for a fight to break out

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Relevance

as in incentives

something that arouses action or activity the approaching deadline was certainly an incitement to get going on the assignment

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Recent Examples of incitements This is the most gaping vacancy of all—Trump gestures toward two American incitements, one historic, one extremely recent. —

Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The Good Jobs First report recommends that all states fully report their losses from data center tax breaks, including how those incentives affect local revenue streams.

— Kevin Hardy, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2026
While the sales increases in some cases were aided by tax incentives and new emissions rules, the figures point to how global fleets are rapidly electrifying in response to the war in Iran.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 20 Apr. 2026