stimulus incitement

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• stimulus — stimulus, stimulant, excitant, incitement, impetus can all mean an agent that arouses a person or a lower organism or a particualr organ or tissue to activity. Only the first three words have definite and common technical use. Stimulus, in this… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• incitement — index catalyst, cause (reason), incentive, inducement, influence, instigation, invitation, persuasion …   Law dictionary

• Incitement — In*cite ment, n. [Cf. F. incitement.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of inciting. [1913 Webster] 2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke. [1913 Webster] From the long records of a distant age, Derive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• incitement — *stimulus, stimulant, excitant, impetus Analogous words: spur, goad, incentive, inducement, impulse, *motive, spring: provoking or provocation, excitement, stimulation, piquing (see corresponding verbs at PROVOKE): motivation, activation,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• stimulus — I noun activator, animator, arouser, calcar, catalyst, catalytic agent, cause, drive, encouragement, excitant, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitamentum, incitement, inducement, influence, inritamentum, motivating force, motive,… …   Law dictionary

• stimulus — [n] provocation bang*, boost, catalyst, cause, charge, encouragement, eye opener*, fillip, fireworks*, flash*, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, inducement, instigation, invitation, kick*, motivation, motive, piquing,… …   New thesaurus

• stimulus — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prick, goad, incentive; exciter. See cause, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inducement, provocation, motive; see incentive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. incentive, incitement, provocation,… …   English dictionary for students

• stimulus — /stim yeuh leuhs/, n., pl. stimuli / luy /. 1. something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus. 2. Physiol., Med. something that excites an organism or part to… …   Universalium

• incitement — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. motive, stimulus, instigation, provocation; see incentive . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something that incites especially a violent response: goad, incitation, instigation, provocation, stimulus, trigger. See CAUSE …   English dictionary for students

• incitement — Synonyms and related words: aggravation, agitating, agitation, animation, arousal, arousing, awakening, bait, bribe, carrot, clout, compulsion, drive, driving force, electrification, encouragement, enticement, exacerbation, exasperation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• stimulus — Synonyms and related words: activator, aggravation, agitation, animation, animator, antecedents, arousal, arouser, arousing, bait, base, basis, boost, bribe, call, carrot, catalyst, causation, cause, cause and effect, determinant, determinative,… …   Moby Thesaurus