incendiarismn.
/ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪz(ə)m/, /ɪnˈsɛndʒərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsɛndiəˌrɪzəm/ The practice of an incendiary.
a. literal. The practice or act of maliciously setting fire to buildings or other property; the practice or commission of arson.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism
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1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott anno 1830 lxxix Every newspaper teemed with details of riot and incendiarism.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xvii. 259 With robbery, assassinations, vitriol-bottles, and midnight incendiarism.
1897 Times 23 Jan. 13/1 The Fulahs have proved themselves masters in incendiarism.
b. figurative. The inflaming or exciting of passion, strife, or violence; inflammatory agitation.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun]
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1675 Bp. G. Burnet Royal Martyr 6 Among the much-abused words of the late time were Incendiary and Incendiarism.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. iii. 45 Already we have had a good deal of incendiarism about the country, and some..have advised sedition and conspiracy.
1860 L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose I. 156 Lord John Russell will do well to abstain from raking up the..embers of Whig incendiarism.
Derivatives
inˈcendiarize v. (transitive) to infect with incendiarism; to inflame, ‘set on fire’.Apparently an isolated use.
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1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 291/2 Suspecting that we had picked up traitorous designs..and meant to incendiarise Constantinople with the same.
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