incitant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that provokes action or stimulates a response

   Competition can be a powerful incitant to innovation.

2. 2
   adj

   tending to incite, provoke, or stimulate

   The pamphlet's incitant language alarmed local officials.

From Latin incitans, the present participle of incitare ("to set in motion, urge on, arouse"), source also of incite. As a noun it names a stimulating cause; as an adjective it describes something that provokes action.

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