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Definition of "incendiarism" [in•cen•di•a•rism]

  • The act or practice of burning property; arson. (noun)
  • Inflammatory or provocative action; instigation. (noun)

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Use "incendiarism" in a sentence
  • "All persons who, during the past year, had fallen into gross sins, such as incendiarism, theft, adultery, witchcraft, and so forth, were expected to contribute 28 ngugas, or a little over £2."
  • "All persons who, during the past year, had fallen into gross sins, such as incendiarism, theft, adultery, witchcraft, and so forth, were expected to contribute 28 _ngugas, _ or a little over £2."
  • "This red banner, by the way, symbolizes the brotherhood of man, and does not symbolize the incendiarism that instantly connects itself with the red banner in the affrighted bourgeois mind."