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🧫 Related to fermentation 🔥 Causing unrest
fermentative

fermentative

9.1
Causing many people to become angry and demand political change
  • adjective
  • /fərˈmɛnˌteɪtɪv/
translation icon : incitante
  • His fermentative speech ignited a movement for change.

Examples

  • A fermentative atmosphere swept through the city after the controversial law was announced.

  • The novel's fermentative ideas challenged traditional beliefs and sparked debate.

  • The activist's fermentative speeches inspired many people to demand reform.

  • The fermentative ideas spread quickly among the students.

  • The activist's fermentative speeches inspired many people to demand reform.

  • A fermentative atmosphere swept through the city after the controversial law was announced.

  • His fermentative speech ignited a movement for change.

Synonyms

incendiary
vsfermentative
  • Literature
13 7.9

Likely to make people angry and cause public protest

focuses more on promoting unrest and rapid change than emotional agitation
rabble-rousing
vsfermentative
  • Literature
2 8.6

Making ordinary people angry or excited about politics

is broader, applying to unrest and rapid change beyond mass rallies
instigative
vsfermentative
8.4

Likely to make people protest or cause unrest

is broader, causing unrest or rapid change rather than only provoking people
agitational
vsfermentative
8.8

Designed to make people protest or take action

emphasizes causing unrest and broad change rather than organized protest
insurrectional
vsfermentative
9.9

Supporting or joining a revolt against the government

describes general promotion of unrest rather than outright revolt

Antonyms

stabilizing
  • US
1 3.7

Making something steady and less likely to change suddenly

How Agitating

subversive
37 7.8
incendiary
  • Literature
13 7.9
inflammatory
  • Literature
41 7.4
fermentative
9.1
provocative
112 6.7
unsettling
64 4.2

Surface Forms

fermentative positive

Morphology

fermentative = ferment (semi-transparent) = ferment + ative

Derived from 'ferment' in the sense of social or political agitation; the figurative extension ('causing unrest') is understandable but metaphorical.

Etymology

Fermentative also comes from ferment, with the image of something 'bubbling' or 'stirring up'. So a fermentative speech or idea is one that 'stirs up' people and helps bring quick social or political change.