incendiarism
- noun
- /ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪzəm/
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incendio intencionado
- The authorities are investigating a case of incendiarism after multiple properties were set on fire last night.
- outbreaks of incendiarism
- act of incendiarism
- problem of incendiarism
Examples
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After 1830, incendiarism became the predominant weapon in the arsenal of agrarian revolt.
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As a covert act, incendiarism is nearly flawless: it is anonymous, and its effects are immediate.
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The focus of this article is on incendiarism as a tool of protest or resistance.
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Incendiarism had become the routine violent acts committed by individuals.
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Through the act of incendiarism, humans have infused fire in the landscape with even more meaning.
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Several traditions of rural incendiarism have been documented in continental Europe.
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Although the South has epitomized the problem of protest incendiarism, other regions of the country are not immune from it.
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Resistance to kifagio included acts of incendiarism, involving settlers' crops and the forest reserves in which indigenous people were forced to relocate.
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Particularly rebellious years were the 1790s, 1816, 1822-1823, 1830, 1834-1835, and 1843-1844, and incendiarism was an increasingly frequent tool of protest (p. 16).
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The firefighters quickly responded to the act of incendiarism that had destroyed several buildings.
Synonyms
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5.1
Setting fire to a building or other property on purpose
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2.8
The act of burning something on purpose
Setting fire on purpose to buildings or things to damage them
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
incendiarism = incendiary (semi-transparent) = incendi + ism
The word is formed from 'incendiary' + '-ism' so the relation to causing fire is clear, but both elements are Latinate and relatively rare, and '-ism' more often marks doctrines than single acts, so learners may not infer the exact meaning.
Etymology
Incendiarism comes from the Latin verbs incendere 'to set on fire' and the noun incendium 'a fire', the same root you see in incendiary. So, incendiarism means the deliberate act of starting fires to cause damage.