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incendiarism|ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪz(ə)m|
[f. incendiary + -ism.]
The practice of an incendiary. a. lit. The practice or act of maliciously setting fire to buildings or other property; the practice or commission of arson.
1837Lockhart Scott lxxix. an 1830, Every newspaper teemed with details of riot and incendiarism. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xvii, With robbery, assassinations, vitriol-bottles, and midnight incendiarism. 1897Times 23 Jan. 13/1 The Fulahs have proved themselves masters in incendiarism.
b. fig. The inflaming or exciting of passion, strife, or violence; inflammatory agitation.
1674–1710Burnet Serm. Royal Martyr 5 Among the much-abused words of the late time were Incendiary and Incendiarism. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy (1863) 202 Already we have had a good deal of incendiarism about the country, and some..have advised sedition and conspiracy. 1860L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose I. 156 Lord John Russell will do well to abstain from raking up the..embers of Whig incendiarism.
So inˈcendiarize v. trans. (nonce-wd.), to infect with incendiarism; to inflame, ‘set on fire’.
1859Blackw. Mag. Mar. 291/2 Suspecting that we had picked up traitorous designs..and meant to incendiarise Constantinople with the same. |