nnoun.actan act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigatingSynset:incitation
Derivationally Related Form:incite
Hypernyms:arousal rousing
Inherited Hypernyms:incitationarousalchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationneeded encouragementSynset:provocation
Examples:- the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
Derivationally Related Form:inciteprovoke
Hypernyms:encouragement
Inherited Hypernyms:provocationencouragementapprovalmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:subornation
Full Hyponyms:subornationsubornation of perjury
nnoun.motivesomething that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to actionSynset:incitation provocation
Derivationally Related Form:inciteprovoke
Hypernyms:mental energy psychic energy
Inherited Hypernyms:incitementpsychic energymotivationpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:signal
nnoun.communicationthe act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasionSynset:exhortation
Derivationally Related Form:exhort
Hypernyms:persuasion suasion
Inherited Hypernyms:exhortationpersuasioncommunicationacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:pep talk