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incendiarism

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in⋅cen⋅di⋅a⋅rism

  [in-sen-dee-uh-riz-uhm]
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–noun
1. the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
2. inflammatory behavior; agitation.
Origin:
1665–75; incendiar(y) + -ism
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in·cen·di·ar·y   (ĭn-sěn'dē-ěr'ē)   
adj.  

    1. Causing or capable of causing fire.

    2. Of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: an incendiary bomb.

    3. Of or involving arson.

  2. Tending to inflame; inflammatory: an incendiary speech.

n.   pl. in·cen·di·ar·ies

  1. An arsonist.

  2. An incendiary device.

  3. One who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator.


[Middle English, from Latin incendiārius, from incendium, fire, from incendere, to set on fire; see incense1.]
in·cen'di·a·rism (-ə-rĭz'əm) n.
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