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incitory

UK/ɪnˈsaɪtəri/

incitory adjective: tending to incite.

Adjective

incitory (not comparable)

  1. Tending to incite.
    • 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...1937 October, The American Review, volume 9, number 4, page 530
    • 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.1980, Andrew Handler, Blood Libel at Tiszaeszlar, Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, →ISBN, page 229

Origin of incitory

From incite + -ory.

Questions about incitory

What does incitory mean?
Incitory means tending to incite.
What part of speech is incitory?
Incitory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce incitory?
Incitory is pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪtəri/ (UK).

Words near incitory in the dictionary

  1. incitingly
  2. incitive
  3. incitomotor
  4. incitor
  5. incitors
  6. incitory
  7. incitress
  8. incitresses
  9. incivil
  10. incivilisation
  11. incivilities

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